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Which term means the surgical fixation of a floating kidney?
Nephropexy is the surgical fixation of a floating or mobile kidney (nephroptosis).
Which term means surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall?
Which term means the surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall? cystopexy. In which congenital abnormality is the urethral opening on one side of the penis? paraspadias.
What is the nephroptosis?
Nephroptosis or floating kidney is a condition in which the kidney descends more than two vertebral bodies or >5 cm during a position change from supine to upright.
Which procedure is typically used for the fixation of a floating kidney to the abdominal wall?
Nephroptosis may also be called floating kidney, wandering kidney, or renal ptosis. Most people with nephroptosis don't experience any symptoms and don't require any treatment. People with severe cases might need a surgery called laparoscopic nephropexy to fasten the kidney in its proper place.