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Rectovaginal fistula after double-stapled transanal rectotomy (STARR) for obstructed defaecation

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  1. Coloproctology Units of Rome, Padua, Modena, Italy

    Mario Pescatori, Giuseppe Dodi & Concetto Salafia

  2. Coloproctology Unit, Villa Flaminia Hospital, Via Bodio, 58, 00191, Rome, Italy

    Mario Pescatori

  3. Professorial Department of Surgery, University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies

    Andrew P. Zbar

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Pescatori, M., Dodi, G., Salafia, C. et al. Rectovaginal fistula after double-stapled transanal rectotomy (STARR) for obstructed defaecation. Int J Colorectal Dis 20, 83–85 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-004-0658-5

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