Use of an isolated appendix on a vascularized pedicle as a catheterizable route of access to the bladder from the skin. Syn: Mitrofanoff principle.
Origin
[eppendico- + L. vesica, bladder, + G. stoma, mouth]
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Use of an isolated appendix on a vascularized pedicle as a catheterizable route of access to the bladder from the skin. Syn: Mitrofanoff principle.
Origin
[eppendico- + L. vesica, bladder, + G. stoma, mouth]