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Mitrofanoff procedure

Mitrofanoff procedure noun: a surgical procedure that creates a catheterizable channel between the bladder and the abdominal wall, allowing bladder drainage through a continent stoma.

mitrofanoff procedure: a surgical procedure that creates a catheterizable channel between the bladder and the abdominal...
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Noun

Mitrofanoff procedure (uncountable)

  1. A surgical procedure that creates a catheterizable channel between the bladder and the abdominal wall, allowing bladder drainage through a continent stoma.

Origin of Mitrofanoff procedure

After creator Paul Mitrofanoff.

Questions about Mitrofanoff procedure

What does Mitrofanoff procedure mean?
Mitrofanoff procedure means a surgical procedure that creates a catheterizable channel between the bladder and the abdominal wall, allowing bladder drainage through a continent stoma.
What part of speech is Mitrofanoff procedure?
Mitrofanoff procedure is a noun.

Words near Mitrofanoff procedure in the dictionary

  1. mitridatite
  2. mitrids
  3. mitriform
  4. mitring
  5. Mitrofani
  6. Mitrofanoff procedure
  7. mitrospingid
  8. mitrospingid tanager
  9. Mitrovica
  10. Mitry-Mory
  11. mitryaevaite

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