a procedure that involves the partial or complete removal of the kidneys
surgical removal of the kidney.
Surgical excision of a kidney
Removal of an entire kidney.
An operation to remove some or all of the kidney. See kidney cancer section.
Surgical removal of a kidney.
Surgery to remove the kidney and ureter
surgery to remove a kidney or part of a kidney. In a partial nephrectomy, part of one kidney or a tumor is removed, but not an entire kidney. In a simple nephrectomy, one kidney is removed. In a radical nephrectomy, an entire kidney, nearby adrenal gland and lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue are removed. In a bilateral nephrectomy, both kidneys are removed.
surgery to remove the kidney; the most common treatment for kidney cancer.
A Latin term which means removal of a kidney.
Surgery to remove the kidney. Radical nephrectomy removes the kidney, the adrenal gland, nearby lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue. Simple nephrectomy removes only the kidney. Partial nephrectomy removes the tumor, but not the entire kidney.