Use of 3D Anorectal Ultrasonography in the Preoperative Assessment of Complex Anal Fistulas and Patterns of Healing, Failure, and Recurrence After Ligation of the Intersphincteric Fistula Tract (LIFT).
Sthela Maria Murad-RegadasFrancisco Sergio P RegadasFrancisco Sergio P Regadas FilhoFelipe R NogueiraErico de C HolandaRicardo E Dias Mont'AlverneCarlos Magno Queiroz da CunhaDavid G FerreiraPublished in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2024)
A 3D-US was found to be useful in the preoperative assessment of fistulas by quantifying the percentage of muscle to be transected, and in the postoperative assessment by identifying healing, types of failure, and recurrence. The 3D-US was accurate and consistent with surgical findings.