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Complex Procedures for Fecal Incontinence

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Although any surgical procedure for fecal incontinence is complex, in this chapter we have excluded simple sphincteroplasty and other minimally invasive techniques. In addition, reconstruction of cloacal malformations will not be discussed since these techniques are typicall performed by pediatric surgeons.

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Devesa, J.M. (2020). Complex Procedures for Fecal Incontinence. In: Oliveira, L. (eds) Anorectal Physiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43811-1_17

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