Total Aphasia

For the correction of nephroptosis a variety of surgical procedures have been devised that allow the performance of a safe and reliable operation. Based on facorable results from previously done animal studies, tissue adhesive nephropexies were performed on 24 patients utilizing ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate monomer for the fixation of ptotic kidneys and kidneys mobilized for the performance of nephrolithotomy, pyelolithotomy or ureteropyeloplasty. It was concluded from the results of urinalysis and the patients' uneventful postoperative courses that this procedure was superior to any operation that makes use of conventional catgut suture methods.