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INTRODUCTION: The care for children with neurogenic bladder, should be integral, multidisciplinary look to preserve renal function and to accomplish urinary and fecal continence, achieving that the patient becomes self-sufficient and useful to society. METHODS: The result of the use of the Mitrofanoff technique for the treatment of patients with neurogenic dysfunction bladder used in the HUSVP 1998-2003, and the current condition of the patients with respect to their illness and treatment are described in this article. A descriptive retrospective study 1998-2002 and a prospective study during 2003 were done, in which a series of cases were analyzed. RESULTS: 41 patients had surgery. Average age 10.2 years; average follow-up time 27.2 months; the most frequent illness was myelomeningocele (46.3%) and 46.3% had dysinergic bladder. Bladder augmentation was performed on 63.3%, of which 71.4% were constructed with ileum. A surgical intervention of the bladder neck was done on 51.2%. A continent conduct (Mitrofanoff) was performed on 95.1% of the patients with complete continence 70.4%, complete incontinence 14.6% and occasional incontinence 14.6%. 31.7% had Malone surgery with adequate fecal management on 90.2%. 19% of the stomas presented stenosis and 21.9% presented urine leakage. 80% reached appropriate social adaptation. CONCLUSIONS: The continent catheterizable stomas are useful for the treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence. The conducts constructed with ileum had more complications than the conducts done with cecal appendix, which is why the appendix is the choice tissue to perform the continent catheterizable stomas, as long as it is available.