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Nephrectomy
Why It Is Done
This surgery is usually done to treat kidney cancer.
Simple nephrectomy may be done to remove a kidney that is deformed or damaged and not working well. It's also done to harvest a healthy kidney for organ donation.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: March 19, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Christopher G. Wood, MD, FACS - Urology, Oncology |
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