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Before moving on to surgical treatment of stress incontinence, or management of prolapse, we must briefly consider the disorders of defecation.
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Moore, K.H. (2013). Anal Incontinence and Disorders of Obstructive Defecation. In: Urogynecology: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4291-1_8
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