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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
ISSN: 0022-3859
EISSN: 0022-3859
Vol. 49, No. 2, 2003, pp. 151-153
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Bioline Code: jp03039
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2003, pp. 151-153
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Case Report - Meckel's Diverticulum: An Alternative Conduit for the Mitrofanoff Procedure
Prabhakaran K, Patankar JZ, Mali V
Abstract
The Mitrofanoff procedure is a versatile technique that is successfully used in achieving continent urinary diversion for a wide variety of urological conditions. Appendix and usable segment of ureter are commonly employed for this purpose and provide desirable results. This communication describes a teenage girl with lumbosacral agenesis and neurogenic bladder in whom Meckel's diverticulum was successfully used for the Mitrofanoff procedure. (J Postgrad Med 2003;49:151-153)
Keywords
Continent diversion, Mitrofanoff, Meckel's diverticulum
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