The aim of surgical treatment of fistula-in-ano is to eradicate the suppurative process permanently without compromising faecal continence. The appearance of a recurrence of fistula-in-ano is often due to non-identification of the internal opening by the surgeon, and to the presence of complex fistulae. We evaluated the clinical course of 214 patients in a randomised. controlled trial with respect to the recurrence rate of anal fistula with or without preoperative endoanal ultrasonography. In this study we demonstrate that endoanal ultrasonography was the most accurate diagnostic modality for detecting internal opening and complex fistulae. Therefore, endoanal ultrasonography is reliable and useful in the preoperative assessment of anal fistula, and particularly for decreasing the recurrence rate of this disease.

Il ruolo dell'ecografia endoanale nella riduzione delle recidive di fistole anali / Milone, Marco; Pesce, Giuseppe; Leongito, Maddalena; Milone, Francesco. - In: CHIRURGIA ITALIANA. - ISSN 0009-4773. - 61:4(2009), pp. 461-465.

Il ruolo dell'ecografia endoanale nella riduzione delle recidive di fistole anali

MILONE, MARCO;PESCE, GIUSEPPE;LEONGITO, MADDALENA;MILONE, FRANCESCO
2009

Abstract

The aim of surgical treatment of fistula-in-ano is to eradicate the suppurative process permanently without compromising faecal continence. The appearance of a recurrence of fistula-in-ano is often due to non-identification of the internal opening by the surgeon, and to the presence of complex fistulae. We evaluated the clinical course of 214 patients in a randomised. controlled trial with respect to the recurrence rate of anal fistula with or without preoperative endoanal ultrasonography. In this study we demonstrate that endoanal ultrasonography was the most accurate diagnostic modality for detecting internal opening and complex fistulae. Therefore, endoanal ultrasonography is reliable and useful in the preoperative assessment of anal fistula, and particularly for decreasing the recurrence rate of this disease.
2009
Il ruolo dell'ecografia endoanale nella riduzione delle recidive di fistole anali / Milone, Marco; Pesce, Giuseppe; Leongito, Maddalena; Milone, Francesco. - In: CHIRURGIA ITALIANA. - ISSN 0009-4773. - 61:4(2009), pp. 461-465.
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11588/637220
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 1
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact