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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.

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Medical intervention.Name
Partial Nephrectomy
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File:Diagram showing before and after a partial nephrectomy CRUK 102.svg
Medical intervention.Caption
Before and after a partial nephrectomy
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D009392

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Contents
  • 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.

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