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Rectoplasty and perineoplasty for the symptomatic rectocele: A report of fifty cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Symptomatic rectoceles are simply and effectively treated by the transrectal repair of the lower rectovaginal fascia and perineal body defects.

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  1. General Surgery Service, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

    William F. Capps Jr. COL., USAF, MC

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  1. William F. Capps Jr. COL., USAF, MC
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Read at the joint meeting of the Section of Proctology, Royal Society of Medicine, the Section of Colonic and Rectal Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Washington, D.C., May 22 to 25, 1974.

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Capps, W.F. Rectoplasty and perineoplasty for the symptomatic rectocele: A report of fifty cases. Dis Colon Rectum 18, 237–243 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587281

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