More modern machines display images on a computer, allowing your doctor to view them quickly. Preliminary results from an abdominal MRI may come within a few days, but comprehensive results can ...

A CT scan of the abdomen can show the organs, blood vessels, and bones in your abdominal cavity. The multiple images provided by the scan can give your doctor many different views of your body.

Assessment of these images, a physical exam, urine testing, and a general review of symptoms can help a medical professional diagnose a colovesical fistula. Doctors may perform surgery or use more ...

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1.1 Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of insertion of a collagen plug to close an abdominal wall enterocutaneous fistula is inadequate in quantity and quality. Therefore, this procedure ...

We evaluated the rate of negative (unnecessary) appendectomy after low-dose versus standard-dose abdominal CT in young ... in the texture of the CT images, neither the patients nor the outcome ...

Evidence-based recommendations on insertion of a collagen plug to close an abdominal wall enterocutaneous fistula. This involves inserting a collagen plug into the fistula to seal off where it joins ...