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

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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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