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nephropexy
nephropexy n.
Brit. 
/ˈnɛfrə(ʊ)pɛksi/
, /ˈnɛfrə(ʊ)pɛksi/U.S. /ˈnɛfrəˌpɛksi/
[ < nephro- comb. form + -pexy comb. form; compare French néphropexie (1900)] Medicine surgical or laparoscopic fixation of a movable kidney; an instance of this./ˈnɛfrəˌpɛksi/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > fixation and repair operations > [noun] > fixation > of specific parts
nephrorrhaphy1885
hysterorrhaphy1886
hysteropexy1889
orchidopexy1893
rectopexy1895
colopexy1896
nephropexy1897
splenopexy1897
omentopexy1905
typhlopexy1913
orchiopexy1931
1897 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 11 Dec. 1190/1 Nephropexy is a legitimate and established procedure in all cases in which it can be established that the kidney is not only displaced, but is at the same time the direct cause of the manifold symptoms which such a condition may and often will produce.
1966 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 22 Dec. 1405/2 A nephropexy was done, but not a nephrostomy.
2000 Jrnl. Endourol. 14 247 Nephropexy can be safely and effectively accomplished laparoscopically.
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