| Medical Encyclopedia: Nephrectomy: Purpose |
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Nephrectomy, or kidney removal, is performed on patients with cancer of the kidney (renal cell carcinoma); a disease in which cysts (sac-like structures) displace healthy kidney tissue (polycystic kidney disease); and serious kidney infections. It is also used to remove a healthy kidney from a donor for the purposes of kidney transplantation.
— Paula Anne Ford-Martin
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