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The outcome of repair was evaluated at 3 and 12 months using a validated questionnaire and anorectal manometry\/manovolumetry.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Eighteen of 31 patients in the levatorplasty group reported continence to solid and liquid stools 1 year after operation compared with two patients before surgery (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b701). The corresponding figures in the sphincteroplasty group were ten and two of 20 respectively (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b705). The incontinence score was improved in both groups after 1 year, from a median score of 14 to 3 in the levatorplasty group (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b7001) and from 8\u00b75 to 3\u00b75 in the sphincteroplasty group (P &amp;lt; 0\u00b701). Improvements in the degree of social and physical handicap were also observed in both groups. 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