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Extirpación quirúrgica del riñón (nefrectomía) - Serie

Procedimiento:

Los vasos sanguíneos circundantes y el tubo que transporta la orina desde el riñón hasta la vejiga (uréter) son seccionados lejos del riñón. Se extirpa el riñón y se cierra la incisión. A este tipo de cirugía se la denomina nefrectomía.

Reviewed last on: 9/7/2008
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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