Marshall-Marchetti procedure

Marshall-Marchetti procedure

An operation for relieving urinary stress incontinence by suspending periurethral vaginal tissue from the conjoined tendon, thus making the bladder neck an intra-abdominal organ.

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Marshall-Marchetti procedure

Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure Gynecology An operation for relieving urinary stress incontinence by suspending periurethral vaginal tissue from the conjoined tendon and making the bladder neck an intra-abdominal organ. See Urinary incontinence.

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