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Successful removal of a massive retrorectal cystic hamartoma (tailgut cyst) using a combined paracoccygeal and myocutaneous gluteal flap approach

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  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, UK

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  2. John Goligher Colorectal Unit, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

    J. Davies & P. J. Finan

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Stallard, J., Davies, J., Bourke, G. et al. Successful removal of a massive retrorectal cystic hamartoma (tailgut cyst) using a combined paracoccygeal and myocutaneous gluteal flap approach. Tech Coloproctol 18, 673–674 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-014-1127-y

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