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Owen, H.A., Nisar, P., Trickett, J.P. et al. Extralevator abdominoperineal excision of the rectum in patients with previous prostatectomy. Tech Coloproctol 18, 665–666 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-013-1079-7
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