nephrectomy
surgery
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significance in pregnancy
- In pregnancy: Urinary tract diseases
It is sometimes necessary to remove a person’s kidney because of an infection, a stone, a tumour, or tuberculosis. The remaining normal kidney has a reserve that is greatly in excess of the demands that will be made by gestation, provided that it does not become infected. Infections, impaired kidney…
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treatment of renal cell carcinoma
- In renal cell carcinoma: Treatment
A nephrectomy, or removal of kidney tissue, is the most common procedure. Partial nephrectomy removes only a portion of the kidney, while the more common radical nephrectomy removes an entire kidney plus the adrenal gland. Often local lymph nodes are also removed.
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