ESGAR consensus statement on the imaging of fistula-in-ano and other causes of anal sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop imaging guidelines for patients with fistula-in-ano and other causes of anal sepsis.

Methods

An expert group of 13 members of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) used a modified Delphi process to vote on a series of consensus statements relating to the imaging of patients with potential anal sepsis. Participants first completed a questionnaire to gather practice information and to help frame the statements posed.

Results

In the first round of voting, the expert group scored 51 statements of which 45 (88%) achieved immediate consensus. The remaining 6 statements were redrafted following input from the expert group and consensus achieved for all during a second round of voting, including an additional statement

SUBMITTER: Halligan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7431441 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature