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Nephr/o means kidney, -tomy mean incision, so a surgical incision into the kidney is called Nephrotomy.
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Do you have to remove ribs with a kidney removal?
No. An incision is made in the front of the body.
What is an nephrothotomy?
An incision into the the renal pelvis and kidney in order to remove stones. Nephr/o/pyel/o/lith/o/tomy nephr/o- kidney pyel/o-renal pelvis lith/o- stones -tomy- surgical incision
What is the medical term meaning small incision in the back and inserting a nephroscope to crush and remove a kidney stone?
Nephrolithotomy is incision of the kidney to remove a stone.Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)It depends on how long it takes your body to heal the right way because, would you want them letting you out of the hospital if you didn't heal correctly?
What is another term for nephrolithiasis?
removal of kidney stones or incision to remove a renal calculus
Can be performed to remove calculi?
lithrotripsy
What is cystolithopaxy?
Removal of bladder calculi by intravesical crushing and then irrigating to remove fragments.
What is cholecystolithotomy?
An incision into a gallstone to remove it
The test that measures the ability of the kidney to remove creatinine from the blood is called?
S.Creatinine level
Can a nephrectomy remove a healthy kidney?
It is also used to remove a healthy kidney from a donor for the purposes of kidney transplantation
How is kidney transplant done?
Based on the source of donated kidney, kidney transplant can be classified as deceased donor or living donor transplant. Answer: To the question of HOW a kidney transplant is done. The donor kidney will be extracted including part of the urinary tract and vein/arteries. The blood is extracted from the kidney and it is flushed clean. Then transported on ice to where the recipient is. The donor kidney is transplanted into the person in their lower abdomen. They join the veins/artery etc to the recipients, having disconnected them from the existing bad kidney. They do not take out the recipients bad kidneys (unless it has tumour) but leaves them there, as no point in performing unnecessary surgery.
What is a choledochoilthotomy?
An incision into the bile duct to remove gall stones.
What incision has to be made in the small intestine to remove an obstruction?
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