A case of postoperative anal incontinence is reported in which a cure resulted from the procedure detailed. The transverse perinei superficialis, with its deep layer of the superficial fascia, functioned successfully as a voluntary sphincter. Anatomically it proved convenient for this type of repair. It is necessarily limited in its field of usefulness.
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Lester S. Knapp (1939) studied this question.