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.