the urine typically does not tend to pass through the urethra. In the past, diverted simply meant that the ureters were placed into a piece of bowel and this was brought to the abdominal wall and placed into a bag. This is still done on rare occasions. The most common diversion these days is a bladder augmentation with a continent stoma placed in a hidden position on the abdomen, which does not leak and which is catheterized at regular intervals. This is known as continent urinary diversion, which is a form of diversion.