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A technique is described by which congenital ectopic anorectum with normal intestinal tissue opening into the vulva (“vaginal anus”) was successfully corrected in two teen-age patients. The technique has several advantages: a new anal canal is formed and the wounds heal promptly with little postoperative pain and reduced risk of postoperative anal stenosis.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, May 8 to 12, 1977.
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Ruiz-Moreno, F., Gerdo-Ceballo, A. & Lozano-Saldivar, G. Vaginal anus. Dis Colon Rectum 23, 306–307 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586833
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