Kidney removal - Risks
Alternative Names
Nephrectomy; Simple nephrectomy; Radical nephrectomy; Open nephrectomy; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Partial nephrectomy
Risks:
Risks for any surgery are:
Risks for this procedure are:
- Injury to other organs or structures
- Kidney failure in the remaining kidney
- After one kidney is removed, your other kidney may not work as well for awhile
- Hernia of your surgical wound
- Reviewed last on: 9/3/2010
- David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Scott Miller, MD, Urologist in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
References
Novick AC. Open surgery of the kidney. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 50.
