Effect of MRI on clinical outcome of recurrent fistula-in-ano.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
Recurrent fistula-in-ano is usually due to sepsis missed at surgery, which can be identified by MRI. We aimed to establish the therapeutic effect of MRI in patients with fistula-in-ano. We did MRI in 71 patients with recurrent fistula, with further surgery done at the discretion of the surgeon. Surgery and MRI agreed in 40 patients, five (13%) of whom had further recurrence, compared with 16 (52%) of 31 in whom surgery and MRI disagreed (p=0.0005). Further recurrence in all 16 was at the site predicted by MRI. For surgeons who always acted on MRI, further recurrences arose in four of 25 (16%) operations versus eight of 14 (57%) operations for those who ignored imaging (p=0.008). Surgery guided by MRI reduces further recurrence of fistula-in-ano by 75% and should be done in all patients with recurrent fistula.
Medical subject headings
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Rectal Fistula