title: Anal sphincter laceration: overlapping or end-to-end repair?
authors.affiliation: Dr. Hale is Director of the Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship and Associate Clinical Professor at Indiana University/Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana; e-mail: dhale@clarian.org.
authors.forename: Douglass S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hale
mesh_terms: D001003:Anal Canal / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations / Q000601:surgery*