[Creation of an artificial smooth muscle rectal sphincter in children].

A method for creation of the artificial smooth muscle anal sphincter, which was used in 18 children with high forms of anorectal atresia and in 9 children with associated incompetence of the external and internal anal sphincters developed after repeated operations, severe traumas of the perineum and rectum and suppurative processes, has been developed. The effectiveness of the developed method is shown on the basis of clinical, functional and experimental morphologic methods of investigation.