Creation of an Anal Sphincter Mechanism by Bilateral Proximally Based Gluteal Muscle Transposition
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vol. 67 (1) , 70-72
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-198101000-00017
Abstract
A case report is given of a girl who, at the age of 17 years, lost her total posterior part of her perineum in a traffic accident. She was left with out an anal sphincter mechanism and a diverting sigmoidostomy was performed. Two years after the accident a new anal sphincter was constructed using bilateral transposition flaps of the gluteus maximus muscles. After 6 months of active training of this new "reanastomosed". The patient thereafter regained complete fecal continence by the natural route.Keywords
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