nephrectomy
nephrectomy
Definition
ne·phrec·tomy (nə frek′tə mē)
nephrectomy
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- undergo: Patients and methods Tumors from 2 7 patients with RCC were assessed: all patients had undergone nephrectomy.
- perform: This specimen is from a radical nephrectomy performed for a renal cell carcinoma.
Preposition: for
- carcinoma: METHODS: We conducted a consecutive retrospective study of 173 patients after radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
Adjective modifier
- laparoscopic: We report our experience with retroperitoneal laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
- partial: PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between 1980 and 1997, 146 patients underwent partial nephrectomy at the University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center.
- radical: Once radical nephrectomy becomes inevitable, renal dialysis or transplant is required ( Ref.
- right: These include, small bowel resection, stoma, excision of fistulas, right nephrectomy, oophorectomy and possible hysterectomy.
- cytoreductive: Bromwich E, Hendry D, Aitchison M. Cytoreductive nephrectomy: is it a realistic option in patients with renal cancer?
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