nephrectomy
Sign in to saveA nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It is also done to remove a normal healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, which is part of a kidney transplant procedure.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Partial Nephrectomy
- Medical intervention.Image
- File:Diagram showing before and after a partial nephrectomy CRUK 102.svg
- Medical intervention.Caption
- Before and after a partial nephrectomy
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D009392
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Indications
- Procedure
- Kidney donation
- After care
- Partial nephrectomy
- History
- Indications
- Procedure
- Complications
- Cancer control, quality of life, and survival
- See also
- References
- External links
A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It is also done to remove a normal healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, which is part of a kidney transplant procedure.
==History==