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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 49
| Issue : 2 | Page : 151-3 |
Meckel's diverticulum: an alternative conduit for the Mitrofanoff procedure.
K Prabhakaran, JZ Patankar, V Mali
Department of Paediatric Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074., Singapore
Correspondence Address:
K Prabhakaran
Department of Paediatric Surgery, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074.
Singapore
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PMID: 12867692 
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.
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