RADIOLOGY OF UROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS AFTER TREATMENT OF PELVIC TUMORS. PART I. URINARY FISTULAS

Abstract

Urinary fistulas complicating treatment of pelvic tumors are the clinical diagnostic problem that needs research and decision. The top-priority radiological method for diagnostic urinary fistulas is computed tomography. About application magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is less well knows. The possibilities MRI to diagnostic of urinary fistulas are illustrated in the article; we discuss the limitation of method requiring additional use of other radiological methods. A literature search on the topic of research was carried out on the databases PubMed and eLIBRARY.

Keywords

• magnetic resonance imaging
• urinary fistula
• pelvic cancer
• radiation injury
• postoperative complications