title: Anal endosonography in the evaluation of perianal sepsis and fistula in ano.
abstract: Anal endosonography has been performed in 22 patients with fistula in ano and perianal sepsis and compared with the operative findings. Using a special hard cone attachment to a radial 7 MHz probe the examination was well tolerated, rapid and generally accurate, detecting two unsuspected foreign bodies and all seven complicated fistula in ano preoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Mark's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Bartram
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Northover
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000473:pathology*; D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*