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Nephropexy is the surgical intervention aiming to reposition and fixate a floating or mobile kidney. [1] 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 . [ 1 ]
Replantation or reattachment is defined as the surgical reattachment of a body part (such as a finger, hand, or toe) that has been completely cut from the body. [1] Examples include reattachment of a partially or fully amputated finger, or reattachment of a kidney that had had an avulsion-type injury.
myo- : related to muscle tissue, from the Greek μυς, mús, from μύσκυλος múskulos, "little mouse", so called because the Greeks believed that muscles looked like little mice. nephro- : related to the kidney from the Greek νεφρόν, nephrón, accusative declension of νεφρός, kidney
Fixation in orthopedics is the process by which an injury is rendered immobile. [1] This may be accomplished by internal fixation , using intramedullary rod , Kirschner wire or dynamic compression plate ; or by external fixation , using a spanning external fixator , Taylor Spatial Frame or Ilizarov apparatus .
Grafting refers to a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another on the body, or from another creature, without bringing its own blood supply with it. Instead, a new blood supply grows in after it is placed. A similar technique where tissue is transferred with the blood supply intact is called a flap. In some instances, a graft ...
Many persons also suggest a weighing feeling on the abdomen. Pain is typically relieved by lying down. It is believed that flank pain on standing that is relieved by lying down is due to movement of the kidney causing intermittent renal tract obstruction. The attack of colic pain is called 'Dietl's crisis' or 'renal paroxysm'. [citation needed]
A surgical fracture table is a table that is used for applying traction to broken limbs while the body is fixed in place, allowing the surgeon to reduce the broken extremity without requiring too much assistance, and then holding the limb in this fixed and reduced position while the surgeon applies external fixation, such as a cast or splint ...
Pyeloplasty is a type of surgical procedure performed to treat an uretero-pelvic junction obstruction if residual renal function is adequate. [1]This revision of the renal pelvis treats the obstruction by excising the stenotic area of the renal pelvis or uretero-pelvic junction and creating a more capacious conduit using the tissue of the remaining ureter and renal pelvis.