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A nephrectomy is that the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat variety of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It's also done to get rid of a traditional healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, when a part of a kidney transplant procedure. The surgery is performed with the patient under general anaesthesia. A kidney are often removed through an open incision or laparoscopically. For the open procedure, the surgeon makes an incision within the side of the abdomen to succeed in the kidney. Counting on circumstances, the incision also can be made midline. The ureter and blood vessels are disconnected, and therefore the kidney is then removed. The laparoscopic approach utilizes three or four small (5–10 mm) cuts within the abdominal and flank area. The kidney is totally detached inside the body then placed during a bag. One among the incisions is then expanded to get rid of the kidney for cancer operations. If the kidney is being removed for other causes, it are often morcellated and removed through the tiny incisions. Recently, this procedure is performed through one incision within the patient's navel. This advanced technique is named single port laparoscopy. For a few illnesses, there are alternatives today that don't require the extraction of a kidney. Such alternatives include renal embolization for those that are poor candidates for surgery, or partial nephrectomy if possible.      

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