cystopexy

cystopexy
Surgical attachment of the gallbladder or of the urinary bladder to the abdominal wall or to other supporting structures. SYN: ventrocystorrhaphy. [cysto- + G. pexis, fixation]

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n.
a surgical operation to fix the urinary bladder (or a portion of it) in a different position. It may be performed as part of the repair or correction of a prolapsed bladder.

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cys·to·pexy (sisґto-pek″se) [cysto- + -pexy] fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall in the treatment of cystocele; called also vesicopexy.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • cystopexy — vesicofixation; n. a surgical operation to fix the urinary bladder (or a portion of it) in a different position. It may be performed as part of the repair or correction of a prolapsed bladder …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Цистопексия (Cystopexy), Везикофиксация (Vesicofixation) — хирургическая операция, заключающаяся в фиксации мочевого пузыря (или его части) в различных пространственных положениях. Может выполняться для частичного восстановления или коррекции при пролапсс мочевого пуЦИСТОПЛАСТИКА (cystoplasty)… …   Медицинские термины

  • ventrocystorrhaphy — SYN: cystopexy. [ventro + G. kystis, cyst, + rhaphe, suture] * * * ven·tro·cys·tor·rha·phy (ven″tro sis torґə fe) the stitching of a cyst, or of the bladder, to the abdominal wall …   Medical dictionary

  • vesicofixation — n. see cystopexy …   Medical dictionary

  • vesicopexy — ves·i·co·pexy (vesґĭ ko pek″se) cystopexy …   Medical dictionary

  • vesicofixation — n.; see cystopexy …   The new mediacal dictionary

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