Abstract
The aim of the present study is to demonstrate further reconstruction of a double-gracilis anorectal neosphincter that had been destroyed because of a severe postoperative perineal infection, with necrosis of the distal part of the muscles. Each residual gracilis muscle was split longitudinally into two branches, which surrounded the neorectum, one posteriorly and the other one anteriorly, so as to perform a perineorectal double sling. Owing to a poor functional result, continence was achieved only by the support of an implantable pulse generator. This technique seemed to permit the optimum use of the contractile potential of the residual gracilis muscles, which did not show evidence of defunction-related or ischemia-related fibrosis.
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