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Use of the gracilis muscles for sphincteric construction after abdominoperineal resection

Technique and preliminary results

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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This paper describes a method of constructing a continent neo-anal sphincter as an alternative to permanent colostomy after abdominoperineal resection.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Ospedale “R. Silvestrini,”, Perugia, Italy

    Ugo Mercati M.D., Vittorio Trancanelli M.D., G. Paolo Castagnoli M.D., Ambra Mariotti M.D. & Roberto Ciaccarini M.D.

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Mercati, U., Trancanelli, V., Castagnoli, G.P. et al. Use of the gracilis muscles for sphincteric construction after abdominoperineal resection. Dis Colon Rectum 34, 1085–1089 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050066

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