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Are rectal prolapse repairs too diverse and complex for simple database analysis?

G P Thomas¹, T C Dudding², C J Vaizey¹

¹The Sir Alan Parks Department of Physiology, St Mark's Hospital, The National Bowel Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

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