Transperineal ultrasonography as a complementary diagnostic tool in identifying acute perianal sepsis

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-171

  Plaikner, M ^a   Loizides, A ^a   Peer, S ^b   Aigner, F ^a   Pecival, D ^a   Zbar, A ^c   Kremser, C ^a   Gruber, H ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b CTI GesmbH ^*  (Austria)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fistula in ano; MR fistulography; Perirectal sepsis; Transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PERINEUM; RECTAL FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84895074080     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-013-1031-x     Document Type: Article

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