Baeten C, Spaans F, Fluks A
Department of Surgery, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Dis Colon Rectum. 1988 Feb;31(2):134-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02562646.
A young woman had been treated previously with a gracilis muscle transposition because of anal atresia thus enabling her to maintain continence by active muscle contraction, which, however, she could sustain for only a few minutes. Implantation of a neuromuscular stimulator resulted in perfectly controllable sphincter function.
