Is anal endosonography useful in the study of recurrent complex fistula-in-ano?;¿Es útil la ecografía endoanal en el estudio de la fístula anal compleja recidivada?

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 573-581

  Fernández Frías, Ana María ^a,b   Perez Vicente F ^a   Arroyo, A ^a   Sanchez Romero A M ^a   Navarro, J M ^a   Serrano, P ^a   Oliver, I ^a   Costa, D ^a   Candela, F ^a   Calpena, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Anal ultrasonography; Complex fistula in ano

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANAL CANAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM FISTULA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37148999703     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082006000800002     Document Type: Article

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