In urology, the Mitrofanoff principle is the creation of a passageway for urine or enema fluid that, by its (surgical) construction, has a valve mechanism to allow continence.[1]
Procedures which make use of the Mitrofanoff principle:
↑ Mitrofanoff P (1980). "[Trans-appendicular continent cystostomy in the management of the neurogenic bladder]". Chirurgie Pédiatrique (in French). 21 (4): 297–305. PMID7408090.
