ReviewAbdominal radiology (New York)2021
MR defecography technique: recommendations of the society of abdominal radiology's disease-focused panel on pelvic floor imaging.
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- Pelvic organ movements in asymptomatic nulliparous and symptomatic premenopausal women with pelvic organ prolapse in dynamic MRI: a feasibility study comparing midsagittal single-slice with multi-slice sequences.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2023Article
- Investigating anorectal function using postoperative MRI-based fibrosis score in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a two-center study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- [Functional MRI of the pelvic floor].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- X-ray video defaecography is superior to magnetic resonance defaecography in the imaging of defaecation disorders.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2022Article
- Inadequate Rectal Pressure and Insufficient Relaxation and Abdominopelvic Coordination in Defecatory Disorders.Gastroenterology · 2022Article
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- The Role of MRI in the Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Disorders.Current urology reports · 2020Review
- Pelvic floor dysfunctions: how to image patients?Japanese journal of radiology · 2020Review
- Slow Transit Constipation: Pathophysiological Perspectives and Management Updates.Journal of digestive diseasesReview
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Abstract
purposeTo develop recommendations for magnetic resonance (MR) defecography technique based on consensus of expert radiologists on the disease-focused panel of the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR).
methodsAn extensive questionnaire was sent to a group of 20 experts from the disease-focused panel of the SAR. The questionnaire encompassed details of technique and MRI protocol used for evaluating pelvic floor disorders. 75% agreement on questionnaire responses was defined as consensus.
resultsThe expert panel reached consensus for 70% of the items and provided the basis of these recommendations for MR defecography technique. There was unanimous agreement that patients should receive coaching and explanation of commands used during MR defecography, the rectum should be distended with contrast agent, and that sagittal T2-weighted images should include the entire pelvis within the field of view. The panel also agreed unanimously that IV contrast should not be used for MR defecography. Additional areas of consensus ranged in agreement from 75 to 92%.
conclusionWe provide a set of consensus recommendations for MR defecography technique based on a survey of expert radiologists in the SAR pelvic floor dysfunction disease-focused panel. These recommendations can be used to develop a standardized imaging protocol.
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