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(medicine) Between the internal and external sphincters..
Two landmarks are of particular importance to the surgeon: (1) The palpable rather than visible intersphincteric groove, which defines the plane separating the involuntary internal sphincter from the voluntary external sphincter, and (2) the dentate line, which is defined by the columns of Morgani.
Many physicians fail to diagnose an intersphincteric abscess until the abscess ruptures into the ischiorectal space and forms an ischiorectal abscess.
On the contrary, the intersphincteric resections which is a procedure conducted in the intersphincteric plane with the resection of the internal sphincteric muscle will produce a "voluntary muscularis propria plane".
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Intersphincteric means (medicine) Between the internal and external sphincters..
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Two landmarks are of particular importance to the surgeon: (1) The palpable rather than visible intersphincteric groove, which defines the plane separating the involuntary internal sphincter from the voluntary external sphincter, and (2) the dentate line, which is defined by the columns of Morgani.
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