nephropexy
Sign in to saveNephropexy is the surgical intervention aiming to reposition and fixate a floating or mobile kidney. This is done in order to prevent its descent (nephroptosis) or to deliberately move the kidney downward in order to compensate for a shortened ureter. While the procedure originally followed an open approach, minimally invasive laparoscopic nephropexies are standard nowadays.
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Nephropexy is the surgical intervention aiming to reposition and fixate a floating or mobile kidney. This is done in order to prevent its descent (nephroptosis) or to deliberately move the kidney downward in order to compensate for a shortened ureter. While the procedure originally followed an open approach, minimally invasive laparoscopic nephropexies are standard nowadays.
It was first performed by Eugen Hahn on 10 April 1881.
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