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Abridgment of original article read at the joint meeting of the American Proctologic Society and the Section of Proctology of the Royal Society of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 9 to 14, 1964.
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McGregor, R.A. Gracilis muscle transplant in anal incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum 8, 141–143 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617079
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