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Luís Trigueiros da Cunha1, Luísa Gaspar2, Cármen Carvalho3

  • 1Instituto Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, R. de Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|November 24, 2025
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Anal position indexAnorectal malformationAnterior anusConstipation

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