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The protective posterior anal flap

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Summary and Conclusions

Two hundred and nine cases of advanced hemorrhoidal disease involving all quadrants of the rectal outlet treated by creating a posterior anal flap were studied. Analysis of these cases showed:

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    A smoother and more rapid convalescence.

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    A more expansile anal canal.

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    Improved function.

Routine employment of a technic in which a protective posterior anal flap is utilized is recommended in the treatment of advanced hemorrhoidal disease.

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  1. San Diego, California

    Marion D. Redding M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 15 to 18, 1959.

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Redding, M.D. The protective posterior anal flap. Dis Colon Rectum 2, 369–374 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02616881

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