Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
nephrostomy
[ neh-fros-toh-mee ]
Definitions related to nephrostomy (procedure):
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(nephrostomy) Surgery to make an opening from the outside of the body to the renal pelvis (part of the kidney that collects urine). This may be done to drain urine from a blocked kidney or blocked ureter into a bag outside the body. It may also be done to look at the kidney using an endoscope (thin, lighted tube attached to a camera), to place anticancer drugs directly into the kidney, or to remove kidney stones.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(nephrostomy) Surgical creation of an artificial opening into the kidney.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(nephrostomy) The surgical creation of an opening between one or both kidneys and the skin, through which a tube is place, thereby allowing for the direct drainage of urine from the kidney.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Nephrostomy is a term used to describe a passageway maintained by a tube, stent, or catheter that perforates the skin, passes through the body wall and renal parenchyma, and terminates in the renal pelvis or a calyx. The nephrostomy has multiple functions but is used most frequently to provide urinary drainage when the ureter is...WebMD, 2019
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