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Nephrectomy
Fast Facts:
- Simple nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, and laparoscopic nephrectomy are the types of surgery preformed.1
- The mortality rate after surgery is approximately 2%.2
- Typical hospital stay is between 2 and 7 days.3
The Top 10 Resources on Nephrectomy
Selected by our Guides and Physician Review Team.
- Wikipedia: Nephrectomy
- eMedicine: Radical Nephrectomy | Partial Nephrectomy
- Aetna InteliHealth: Nephrectomy
- National Cancer Institute: Nephrectomy
- Medscape: Partial Nephrectomy Underused In Patients With Small Renal Tumors
- University of California, San Diego: Nephrectomy (Removal Of The Kidney) To Treat Kidney Cancer
- Medical News Today: Partial Nephrectomy For T1 Renal Cell Carcinoma Using A Microwave Tissue Coagulator (June 21, 2008)
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Aetna InteliHealth: Nephrectomy
- ↑ Medscape: Partial Nephrectomy Underused In Patients With Small Renal Tumors
- ↑ Wikipedia: Nephrectomy
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Jul. 1, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: NEPHRECTOMY, Kidney Removal, Removal of the Kidney, Kidney Surgery, Surgical Removal of the Kidney, Nepherctomy, Nepherctomi, Removal of a Kidney, Removing a Kidney, Kidney removal
- Last update: Jul. 1, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.