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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Manpreet Kaur, MD [2]

Overview

MRI is the gold standard imaging study to know about fistula anatomy. Indications are recurrent fistulas and complex fistulas.

Diagnostic study of choice

MRI is the gold standard imaging study to know about fistula anatomy.

Indications:[1][2][3]

References

  1. "Management of anal fistula | The BMJ".
  2. Halligan S, Stoker J (2006). "Imaging of fistula in ano". Radiology. 239 (1): 18–33. doi:10.1148/radiol.2391041043. PMID 16567481.
  3. Siddiqui MR, Ashrafian H, Tozer P, Daulatzai N, Burling D, Hart A, Athanasiou T, Phillips RK (2012). "A diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis of endoanal ultrasound and MRI for perianal fistula assessment". Dis. Colon Rectum. 55 (5): 576–85. doi:10.1097/DCR.0b013e318249d26c. PMID 22513437.

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