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Pelvic Floor Disorders and Reconstruction - What Next?

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Centre for Academic Surgery, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom

    Norman S. Williams M.S., F.R.C.S., FMedSci

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Editor’s Note:

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum marks its 50th birthday in 2008. To commemorate this occasion, we have commissioned a series of articles that focus on key areas in colon and rectal surgery. We have asked the authors not to review the accomplishments of the past half-century, nor to provide the current status of their field, but rather to try to envision its evolution over the next half-century. Thus, you as readers should expect articles that are less heavily endnoted, lighter in tone, and substantially more conjectural than our usual fare. We hope that you will find these forward-looking articles to be both thought-provoking and enjoyable. —Robert D. Madoff, M.D., Editor-in-Chief

Disclosure: The EXPRESS procedure is mentioned in this article. To effect this operation, Professor Williams utilizes Permacol which is manufactured by Tissue Science Laboratories plc. Professor Williams is a consultant to this company.

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Williams, N.S. Pelvic Floor Disorders and Reconstruction - What Next?. Dis Colon Rectum 51, 1309–1311 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-008-9415-0

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