10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEPHROPTOSIS»
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nephroptosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nephroptosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Internal Medicine: An Illustrated Radiological Guide
Nephroptosis (Floating Kidney) Nephroptosis, also known as floating or
wandering kidney, is a condition characterized by renal descent of 5 cm or more (
or two vertebral bodies) when the patient moves from supine to an upright
position.
Jarrah Ali Al-Tubaikh, 2010
2
Glenn's Urologic Surgery
The condition is much more common in female patients and more commonly
affects the right kidney, but it can be bilateral in up to 20% of cases. Most patients
are thin women. Nephroptosis may be an incidental finding and should be
treated ...
Sam D. Graham, Thomas E. Keane, James Francis Glenn, 2010
3
Smith's Textbook of Endourology
Nephroptosis: a disparaged condition revisited. Urology 1999;54:590–596. O'
Reilly, P.H., Pollard, A.J. Nephroptosis: a cause of renal pain and a potential
cause of inaccurate split renal function determination. BrJ Urol 1988;61:284–288.
Glenn Preminger, Gopal Badlani, Louis Kavoussi, 2011
4
Issues in Genitourinary Medicine: 2011 Edition
Scientists discuss in 'Retroperitoneoscopic pyeloplasty with concomitant
neophropexy for a ureteropelvic junction obstruction in combination with
nephroptosis' new findings in health and medicine. “AND OBJECTIVES: We
herein describe our ...
5
Statisitical Survey of Three Thousand Autopsies
Patients numbering 126 (4.2 per cent of all cases) exhibited abnormalities of this
type as follows: No. of Cases Gastroptosis 7 Enteroptosis 108 Prolapse of rectum
3 Nephroptosis 9 Hepatoptosis 1 Procidentia, uterus 6 Multiple lesions of this ...
6
Urogenital Pain in Clinical Practice
Nephroptosis? Dietl's crisis was a term indicating episodic severe abdominal
pain of renal origin, blamed on a mobile kidney that resulted in kinking or
obstruction of the ureters on standing erect (“nephroptosis”) (27). A century ago
this ...
Andrew P. Baranowski, Paul Abrams, Magnus Fall, 2007
7
Atlas of Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery
Indications Nephroptosis is characterized by a significant downward
displacement (>5 cm) of the kidney when the patient moves from supine to erect
position. The pain of nephroptosis is thought to be from either renal ischemia or
renal ...
Jay T. Bishoff, Louis R. Kavoussi, 2007
8
Radiology Illustrated: Uroradiology: Uroradiology
Displacement of a greater degree (more than two lumbar vertebral bodies) is
referred as nephroptosis. In contrast to ectopic kidneys, nephroptotic kidneys
have a normal-length ureter, with tortuous appearance on IVU taken in standing ...
9
Clinically Oriented Anatomy
Nephroptosis (dropped kidney) is distinguished from an ectopic kidney (
congenital misplaced kidney) by a ureter of normal length that has loose coiling
or kinks because the distance to the bladder has been reduced. The kinks do not
seem to ...
Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley, A. M. R. Agur, 2013
10
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Called also Cacchi-Ricci disease and sponge k. middle k. mesonephros.
movable k. nephroptosis. multicystic dysplastic k. see multicystic renal dysplasia,
under dysplasia. mural k. a kidney located in a pocket of peritoneum in the
abdominal ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEPHROPTOSIS»
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7 bizarre diagnoses from House, MD
He diagnoses her with nephroptosis or 'floating kidney,' which is the root of all her symptoms. Pulmonary embolism (due to dental work) «Fox News, May 12»
