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To compare the diagnostic utility of Liver Acquisition with Volume Acceleration (LAVA) and fat-suppressed T2-weighted MRI sequences in the evaluation of perianal fistulas and sphincters.

January 1, 2022Menoufia Medical Journal

Liver Acquisition with Volume Acceleration versus T2 fat suppressed MRI sequences in the evaluation of perianal fistula

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RYRabab YasinMenoufia University Hospitals MKMohamedH KhalifaAlexandria University AMAbdelghanyM MotaweaMenoufia University

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Retrospective study demonstrates improved detection of internal openings and secondary tracts using LAVA MRI sequences, suggesting improved preoperative mapping.

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To compare the diagnostic utility of Liver Acquisition with Volume Acceleration (LAVA) and fat-suppressed T2-weighted MRI sequences in the evaluation of perianal fistulas and sphincters.
Retrospective review of 100 patients (mean age 35.45 ± 12.35 years; 64 males, 36 females) imaged between January 2018 and January 2020.
All participants underwent pelvic MRI with intravenous contrast.
Surgical operative findings served as the reference standard.
LAVA was significantly superior to T2 FS MRI for detecting the internal opening and secondary fistulous tracts (P < 0.001), showing perfect interobserver agreement.
Both sequences performed with equal diagnostic capability and perfect interobserver agreement compared to surgical findings for identifying abscesses, horseshoe extension, and supralevator involvement.

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Yasin et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa5196a246eab12a27f1b08 https://doi.org/10.4103/mmj.mmj_66_21

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Retrospective study demonstrates improved detection of internal openings and secondary tracts using LAVA MRI sequences, suggesting improved preoperative mapping.

Liver Acquisition with Volume Acceleration versus T2 fat suppressed MRI sequences in the evaluation of perianal fistula

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Liver Acquisition with Volume Acceleration versus T2 fat suppressed MRI sequences in the evaluation of perianal fistula

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