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Partial stapled hemorrhoidopexy for second-degree symptomatic hemorrhoidal prolapse

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¹Proctology and Pelvic Floor Clinical Centre, Cisanello University Hospital, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, Italy. alexstur@yahoo.it.

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