Open AccessTo the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of nephroptosis
Author(s) -
Andrey Vishnevsky,
V. E. Kuzmina,
O. P. Nikitina,
N. P. Yurkevich
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90356
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , childbirth , diaphragm (acoustics) , etiology , abdomen , kidney , pathogenesis , contraction (grammar) , obstetrics , surgery , biology , genetics , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Nephroptosis is observed mainly in women, especially in those who have given birth. Pregnancy and childbirth cause significant hormonal changes in the body and certain violations of intra-abdominal pressure, weakening of the fixing apparatus of the kidney. Landau points out that pregnancy, especially repeated pregnancy, leads to relaxation of the abdominal wall and a decrease in intra-abdominal pressure. The act of birth itself has an active effect on the kidney, a strong contraction of the muscles of the back wall of the abdomen and the diaphragm traumatizes the kidney and contributes to its prolapse.