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Anal S-plasty for “Whitehead deformity”

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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The S-plasty, or double-rotation flap, operation for the Whitehead deformity has proved successful. Thirteen patients having the procedure over the past 13 years at the Ferguson Clinic have all had excellent anatomic results

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  1. Lexington, Kentucky

    Harold T. Faulconer M.D. & James A. Ferguson M.D.

  2. Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Harold T. Faulconer M.D. & James A. Ferguson M.D.

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  1. Harold T. Faulconer M.D.
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  2. James A. Ferguson M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New York, New York, June 11 to 14 1972

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Faulconer, H.T., Ferguson, J.A. Anal S-plasty for “Whitehead deformity”. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 388–391 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587582

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