In urology, the Mitrofanoff principle is the creation of a passage way for urine or enema fluid that, by its (surgical) construction, has a valve mechanism to allow continence.
Procedures which make use of the Mitrofanoff principle:
- Mitrofanoff procedure
- Malone antegrade continence enema
- Monti procedure
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