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rectopexy
rectopexy n.
Brit. 
/ˈrɛktə(ʊ)pɛksi/
, /ˈrɛktə(ʊ)pɛksi/U.S. /ˈrɛktəˌpɛksi/
[after French rectopexie (1890 or earlier)] Surgery surgical fixation of a prolapsed rectum; an instance of this./ˈrɛktəˌpɛksi/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
1895 J. M. Keating & H. C. Coe Clin. Gynæcol. 903 An operative procedure called ‘rectopexy’ was introduced by Verneuil.
1932 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 16 312/2 These operations, rectopexy or colopexy, assay to cure the prolapse forever.
1996 Dis. Colon & Rectum 39 279 Objectives of this study were to determine the feasibility of laparoscopic abdominal rectopexy using a solitary spiked chromium staple to fix the mesh to the sacrum.
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