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Transvesical diverticulectomy—Purse-string and Foley catheter technique

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A modified method of transvesical bladder diverticulectomy with the aid of inflated Foley balloon catheter fixed by purse-string suture around the neck of diverticulum is described.

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  1. Department of Urology, Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

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Kaneti, J. Transvesical diverticulectomy—Purse-string and Foley catheter technique. International Urology and Nephrology 22, 525–529 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549740

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