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kidney obstruction surgery
A male asked:
Dr. Steve Martinez answered
28 years experience Breast Surgery
Win-win: Having the surgery is much less dangerous than not having the surgery, particularly if your obstruction is a complete or nearly complete blockage.
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Dr. Larry Maturani answered
24 years experience Hospital-based practice
At risk: This is major surgery since it involves opening the abdomen and resecting the obstruction. Maintaining volume during surgery and post operatively is ... Read More
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Dr. Tracy Berg answered
32 years experience General Surgery
Analyse risk/benefit: Chronic kidney disease will increase your risk for any elective or emergency surgical interventions. However, if intestinal obstruction is not respond ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ayisha Gani answered
Specializes in Internal Medicine
Ureteric obstruction: If there is an obstruction that need to be relieved to protect the kidney function on a long run.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Reginald Gohh answered
31 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Risk in any surgery: All surgeries/procedures are inherently risky. As with any surgery, there is a risk of wound infection, bleeding, pain and even death. However, becau ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Donato answered
25 years experience Urology
Nephroptosis: Common in thin women, the excessive mobility you describe often resulted in surgery to "tack" the kidney up in the past.
The pain comes on when the k ... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. George Klauber answered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
Nephrectomy: Firstly, u need to be tissue typed to see if you are a good match for the recipient, then u must be worked up to ensure that you have 2 healthy kidney ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah answered
42 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
See below: After removal of one kidney, the other kidney manages to continue working at roughly half the total rate, and over time if it was healthy to begin wit ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aaron Shiloh answered
28 years experience Aesthetic Medicine
Surgery?: Most kidney abscesses can be treated by image guided intervention rather than surgery. When done under ultrasound or ct guidance the procedure itself ... Read More
A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ryan Stanton answered
18 years experience Emergency Medicine
Kidney surgery: It means surgery on the kidney....Shocking.
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sheila Calderon answered
41 years experience Internal Medicine
Be healthy: It is important to be as healthy as you can be before any major surgery. Usually the surgeon will do a number of imaging studies to get prepared and ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Oliver Aalami answered
23 years experience Vascular Surgery
No: It is not common to gain weight after kidney surgery. The most common reason would be from all the IV fluid received during the procedure and while in ... Read More
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