Is There a Role for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosing Colovesical Fistulas?

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 832-837

  Ravichandran, S ^a   Ahmed, H U ^b   Matanhelia, S S ^a   Dobson, M ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOCOLIC FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 52949108477     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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