منابع مشابه
UNJ October 2001
Urinary diversion involves providing an alternate path for urine to exit the body other than the normal ureter, bladder, urethra route. This can be accomplished by creating a pouch for collecting urine that then exits through a stoma, or by diverting the ureters to a stoma and allowing urine to free-flow through an opening in the abdomen. The first urinary diversion involved creation of a fistu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Communicology: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2580-9172,2339-1480
DOI: 10.21009/communicology.021.02