A surgical procedure to fix or stabilize the intestines by attaching them to the abdominal wall or other tissues.
From Greek 'enteron' (intestine) + 'pexis' (fixation, from 'pegnynai' meaning to fasten). Medical '-pexia' procedures involve surgically anchoring loose or damaged organs.
When surgeons perform enteropexia, they're essentially tacking down slippery intestines like you might pin down a rope that keeps coming loose—it's a centuries-old surgical trick that's still used when the intestines won't stay where they belong.
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