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Total anorectal reconstruction following congenital anorectal anomaly: Report of a case

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Following several unsuccessful postnatal attempts at anoplasty to correct anal atresia with a rectovaginal fistula, the patient, 20 years later, underwent an anorectal sphincteric construction using a gracilismuscle transplant. The five-stage procedure, which extended over a period of two years, resulted in highly satisfactory continence and full social rehabilitation of the patient. The continence achieved in this case seems to be in contradiction to some of the accepted concepts of the mechanisms of continence.

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  1. Department of Surgery “B”, Hillel Yaffe Memorial Hospital, Hadera, Israel

    E. T. Jacob M.D., Z. Shapira M.D., N. Bar-Natan M.D. & M. Berant M.D.

  2. Department of Pediatrics, The Hillel Yaffe Government Hospital, Hadera, Israel

    E. T. Jacob M.D., Z. Shapira M.D., N. Bar-Natan M.D. & M. Berant M.D.

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Jacob, E.T., Shapira, Z., Bar-Natan, N. et al. Total anorectal reconstruction following congenital anorectal anomaly: Report of a case. Dis Colon Rectum 19, 172–177 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590876

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