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A modification of the Thiersch operation using Mersilene woven strip is presented. Mersilene woven strip, which does not stretch, becomes firmly enmeshed in the tissues. Mersilene woven strip does not cause the adverse reactions associated with other materials previously used in the Thiersch operation.
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Read at the Northeast Proctologic Conference, Runaway Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, November 10 to 17, 1968.
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Cerrito, L.C. The use of five-millimeter mersilene woven strip in the thiersch operation. Dis Colon Rectum 12, 344–346 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617746
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617746