colopexy Surg.
(ˈkəʊləpɛksɪ, kəʊləˈpɛksɪ)
[ad. mod.L. colopexia, f. colo- + Gr. πῆξις fixing.]
The operation of fixing part of the colon to the abdominal wall.
| 1896 A. E. Maylard Treat. Surg. Alim. Canal lxvi. 550 Colopexy.—This operation consists in opening the abdomen, and fixing some part of the colon by suture to the parietal peritoneum. 1900 A. J. McCosh in Gould & Warren Internat. Text-bk. Surg. II. xii. 393 Colopexy is an operation which consists in suturing some part of the colon to the abdominal wall. 1932 [see colo-]. 1941 H. E. Bacon Anus Rectum Sigm. Colon (ed. 2) xv. 431 Colopexy..consists of obliterating the intersigmoidal fossa by shortening the elongated mesentery without excision of tissue. |