Type of Surgery

Information

Doctor Certified

Last updated: 11/24/2009

Description

First, the patient is given an anesthetic to numb the area where the catheter will be inserted. The doctor then inserts a needle into the kidney. There are several imaging technologies such as ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) that are used to...

help the doctor guide the needle into the correct place.

Next, a fine guide wire follows the needle. The catheter, which is about the same diameter as IV (intravenous) tubing, follows the guide wire to its proper location. The catheter is then connected to a bag outside the body that collects the urine. The catheter and bag are secured so that the catheter will not pull out. The procedure usually takes one to two hours.


PREVIOUS:

Advertisement

Type 2 diabetes, when poorly controlled, can directly damage several organs and tissues like the kidney, the retina of the eye, and the nerves. Type 2 diabetes also leads to increased risk of heart disease and arterial disease and makes it harder for wounds to heal (delays healing).

Related Videos

Laparoscopic Appendicectomy (Appendectomy)

This video contains actual footage of an appendectomy. The procedure is being performed laparoscopically and shows what the surgeon sees through the small camera inserted into the body. This video may be difficult for some viewers since it shows surgery on actual human tissue.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

This video shows precisely what a surgeon sees during a laparoscopic cholescystectomy. A laparoscopic cholescystectomy is gallbladder removal surgery using small incisions and cameras rather than a large abdominal incision. This video may be difficult for some viewers since it shows surgery on actual human tissue.

PreOp® Patient Education: CystoscopyMale Surgery

The 2D animation explains the process involved in a male cystoscopy procedure. A cystoscopy is a procedure that allows a urologist to see inside the urinary bladder. Note that the instruments shown in the animation are smaller relative to the patient in an actual cystoscopy.

How the Body Works : How Bacteria Cause Disease

An artist's rendition of the body at the microscopic level is narrated in this video. It describes how bacteria enter the body during an infection and how the cells of the immune system mount an organized attack to fight the infection.

Search

Other Information

A nephrostomy is an artificial opening created between the kidney and the skin which allows for the drainage of urine directly from the upper part of the urinary system (renal pelvis).

Nephrostomies are created by surgeons or interventional radiologists and typically consist of a catheter which pierces the skin and rests in the urinary tract. It is performed under ultrasound guidance or under image intensifier. Local anesthetic infiltration is used to numb the area where the needle would pass through to make the puncture on the kidney.

Urine is collected in an external bag which can be emptied as often as necessary.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephrostomy

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

Find a Qualified Specialist

Looking for a specialist?

Please enter your zip code.