sacrocolpopexy

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noun

Surgical fixation of the prolapsed uterus or vagina to the sacrum, as a surgical procedure for repairing pelvic organ prolapse.

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Meanings

nounsacrocolpopexy (plural sacrocolpopexies)

plural sacrocolpopexies

  1. medicineSurgical fixation of the prolapsed uterus or vagina to the sacrum, as a surgical procedure for repairing pelvic organ prolapse.

    Literature suggests abdominal sacrocolpopexy to still be the gold standard [2 –5 ].

    2016 February 5, “Laparoscopic Pectopexy: A Biomechanical Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From sacro- + colpopexy.

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