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Tvt Urinary Bladder Repair
Bladder exstrophy repair is surgery to repair a birth defect in which the bladder is inside out and sticks out of the abdominal wall. The pelvic bones are also separated.
Alternative Names
Bladder birth defect repair; Everted bladder repair; Exposed bladder repair; Repair of bladder exstrophy
Description
Bladder exstrophy repair involves two surgeries: one to repair the bladder and another to attach the pelvic bones to each other.
The first surgery separates the exposed bladder from the...
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