Treatment Duration
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Treatment Cost
₹ 1,80,000
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Surgical removal of a kidney or a portion of a kidney is called nephrectomy. It can be performed to treat kidney diseases, injury or kidney cancer. The surgery is of two types: partial (involves removing a part of a kidney) and radical (involves removing the entire kidney).
The leading cause of kidney failure is other health problems that have slowly caused permanent damage to the kidneys over time. Other causes of kidney failure include:
Your surgeon might recommend you to have a nephrectomy if you suffer from one or more of these conditions:
There are two ways in which the nephrectomy can be done. The treatment approach and selection of the procedure depend on your health condition and the opinion of the surgeon.
Open nephrectomy:
Laparoscopic nephrectomy:
Investigations needed to be done before the surgery:
Generally required investigations for a nephrectomy:
Your doctor will perform a blood test a few days before surgery. This test determines your blood type in case you require a blood transfusion, as well as your baseline kidney function and blood count.[5]
Anaesthesia:
You can expect the following:
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