Re: Floating Kidneys: A Century of Nephroptosis and Nephropexy

Boccardo, Giampaolo; Moss, Sandra

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(05)68210-9

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“…Bocarrdo stated that hundreds of serious clinicians had proved that¯oating kidney is an actual renal pathology [2]. In a review article by Rehman and Hoenig [22], the bene®ts and minimal invasiveness of several types of laparoscopic nephropexy techniques were well documented and found to be similar to other laparoscopic operations in terms of their superiority over their traditional open counterparts.…”

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Retroperitoneoscopic nephropexy for symptomatic nephroptosis

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“…Since then, >170 operative techniques have been proposed. But the inevitable long¯ank incision, signi®cant postoperative morbidity, and an unsatisfactory failure rate limited the use of open nephropexy and made the choice of surgical treatment for nephropexy controversial and a subject of extensive dispute [1,2,5,10,14,15,16,17].…”

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Retroperitoneoscopic nephropexy for symptomatic nephroptosis

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“…Shortly afterwards in 1939, Rayer concluded that this condition was far more common than formerly appreciated; it was frequently overlooked and the patient was often wrongly diagnosed with nervous colic, hypochondria, or lumbosciatic neuralgia. The first nephropexy procedure was performed in 1881 (McWhinnie and Hamilton 1984;O'Reilly and Pollard 1988;Moss 1997;Boccardo 1999). Renal ptosis has a contentious and colorful history.…”

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Kidney, Urinary Bladder, and Ureter

Ardalan

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Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation

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Die Nephropexie im Wandel der Zeit

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Langbein

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The first successful nephropexy was performed in the year 1881. From this time, surgical therapy of nephroptosis has always been a subject of discussion. A partly uncritical acceptance led to nephropexy being the most performed urological operation at the beginning of the 20th century, with up to 200 different surgical variations. As early as the 15th century, a first description of ren mobilis was made by Alessius de Pedemontanus. The first surgical intervention for the treatment of nephroptosis was performed by Gilmore in 1870. In 1877, the American Dowell from New Orleans tried a fixation of the kidney through a seton, however, this operation failed. Eventually in 1881, Eugen Hahn from Berlin was able to perform the first successful nephropexy, he named this method "nephroraphy". In 1882, the first modification was made by Bassini with sutures through the renal capsule. Finally, the gynaecologist George Edebohl led nephropexy into a great popularity and secured the method through numerous technical innovations. By 1936, approximately 170 different surgical methods existed for fixation of the kidney. An accurate diagnosis is imperative before performing nephropexy. There were times in which this operation was carried out much too often and, therefore, had a bad reputation. However, it is not correct to drop nephropexy altogether as some would prefer. The statement by Professor Voelcker from Halle in the year 1911 that for all those who have a urinary obstruction and those with a beginning dilation, nephropexy is still justified and may - when correctly performed provide many blessings". Nothing needs to be added to this.

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Re: Floating Kidneys: A Century of Nephroptosis and Nephropexy

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Retroperitoneoscopic nephropexy for symptomatic nephroptosis

Retroperitoneoscopic nephropexy for symptomatic nephroptosis

Kidney, Urinary Bladder, and Ureter

Die Nephropexie im Wandel der Zeit

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