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ICD-9-CM. 55.5. MeSH. D009392. OPS-301 code. 5-554. [edit on Wikidata] 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.
Kidney cancer, also known as renal cancer, is a group of cancers that starts in the kidney. [ 4 ] Symptoms may include blood in the urine, a lump in the abdomen, or back pain. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Fever, weight loss, and tiredness may also occur. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Complications can include spread to the lungs or brain. [ 6 ]
Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ. Living-donor kidney transplants are further ...
Schematic of semipermeable membrane during hemodialysis, where blood is red, dialysing fluid is blue, and the membrane is yellow. Kidney dialysis (from Greek διάλυσις, dialysis, 'dissolution'; from διά, dia, 'through', and λύσις, lysis, 'loosening or splitting') is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer ...
December 12, 2022 at 9:32 AM. A woman who suffered acute kidney failure has been given a new lease of life after a living donation made possible by her mother and a stranger. Seyda Oates, from ...
People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living ...
Ureteral stent. A ureteral stent (pronounced you-REE-ter-ul), or ureteric stent, is a thin tube inserted into the ureter to prevent or treat obstruction of the urine flow from the kidney. The length of the stents used in adult patients varies between 24 and 30 cm. Additionally, stents come in differing diameters or gauges, to fit different size ...
Renal physiology. This illustration demonstrates the normal kidney physiology, including the Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT), Loop of Henle, and Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT). It also includes illustrations showing where some types of diuretics act, and what they do. Renal physiology (Latin renes, "kidneys") is the study of the physiology of ...