Type of Surgery
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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Cameron, J. S. Kidney Failure: The Facts. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Parker, James and Philip Parker, eds. The 2002 Official PatientSourcebook on Renal Cell Cancer. San Diego: Icon Health Publications, 2002.
PERIODICALS
Johnson, Kate. "Laparoscopy is Big Hit With Living Donors."Family Practice News 31 (January 2001): 12.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Cancer Society. (800) 227-2345.
National Kidney Foundation. 30 East 33rd St., Suite 1100, New York, NY 10016. (800) 622-9010.
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). 700 North 4th St., Richmond, VA 23219. (888) 894-6361. UNOS Transplant Connection:
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Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney.
The surgery is performed with the patient under general anesthesia. The surgeon makes an incision in the side of the abdomen to reach the kidney. Depending on circumstances, the incision can also be made midline. The ureter and blood vessels are disconnected, and the kidney is then removed.
The surgery can be done as open surgery, with one incision, or as a laparoscopic procedure, with three or four small cuts in the abdominal and flank area.
Recently, this procedure is performed through a single incision in the patient's belly-button. This advanced technique is called as Single Port Access Surgery.
There are alternatives today that do not require the extraction of a kidney. Such alternatives include renal embolization and partial nephrectomy, both of which are more practical because it does not look for a donor kidney, but simply works on the patient's kidney.
Other Information
The estimated number of hospital admissions among adults aged 20 or older with “calculus of kidney and ureters” as a primary diagnosis was of 171,000 hospital stays in 2000.
From: NKUDIC
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