Perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease has a major negative effect on patient quality of life and
is a predictor of poor long-term outcomes. Factors involved in the pathogenesis of perianal …

Background The management of perianal Crohn's fistulas represents a significant
challenge. A combination of medical and surgical therapy, guided by radiology, is often …

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are immunologically mediated chronic
inflammatory diseases that affect an estimated 1.6 million individuals in the United States …

Ultrasound is an undervalued non-invasive examination in the diagnosis of colonic
diseases. It has been replaced by the considerably more expensive magnetic resonance …

Fistulas still represent one of the most important complications in patients with Crohn's
disease (CD). At least one third of CD patients suffer from fistulas during their disease …

Abstract Background Fistulizing perianal Crohn's disease (CD) is a debilitating condition
associated with significant morbidity and reduction in the quality of life. Magnetic resonance …

Aim Treatment of complex anal fistula (CAF) is challenging, often requiring multiple
operations due to a high failure rate. The plethora of options attests to the lack of a panacea …

Background: Crohn's disease (CD) as one of the major entities of chronic inflammatory
bowel diseases can affect all segments of the gastrointestinal tract but occurs most often in …

AIM: To assess agreement between different forms of T2 weighted imaging (T2WI), and post-
contrast T1WI in the depiction of fistula tracts, inflammation, and internal openings with that …

Background Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT) was developed to treat
transsphincteric anal fistulas. The aftermath of a failed LIFT has not been well documented …