Diagnosis and Management of Rectoceles

Yeqian Huang^{1

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4}, Cherry E Koh^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (Source), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Yeqian Huang et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 2026.

. 2026 Jan 1;69(1):4-8.

doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003992. Epub 2025 Oct 20.

Yeqian Huang^{1

2

3

4}, Cherry E Koh^{1

2

3

4}

¹ Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (Source), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

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