Magnetic resonance imaging after ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract for high perianal fistulas in Crohn's disease: a retrospective cohort study.
Elise Maria Meima-van PraagKyra L van RijnM A MonraatsChristianne Johanna BuskensJaap StokerPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
Markedly decreased fistula activity can be observed on MRI after LIFT. The majority of patients develop a predominantly fibrotic tract relatively soon after LIFT without clinical recurrence, suggesting a highly effective therapy. Unfavourable clinical outcomes were only present in patients with persisting granulation tissue, indicating the potential prognostic value of MRI.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- computed tomography
- diffusion weighted imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- magnetic resonance
- stem cells
- systemic sclerosis
- patient reported outcomes
- climate change
- free survival
- patient reported
- smoking cessation