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Bladder Exstrophy - Male

 ICD-11 LB31.3 Exstrophy of urinary bladder

Bladder exstrophy (or classic bladder exstrophy) is a congenital genitourinary malformation belonging to the spectrum of the exstrophy-epispadias complex and is characterized by an evaginated bladder plate, epispadias and an anterior defect of the pelvis, pelvic floor and abdominal wall.

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Reference

Ebert AK, Reutter H, Ludwig M & Rösch WH. (2009). The exstrophy-epispadias complex. Orphanet J Rare Dis , 4, 23. PMID: 19878548 DOI.

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