Laparoscopic Nephrectomy

Overview

A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney. A partial nephrectomy may be performed by your surgeon to remove only a section of your kidney. Alternatively, you might have a radical nephrectomy, in which the surgeon removes your entire kidney. A nephrectomy can save your life if you have kidney dysfunction or cancer.

In patients with irreversible kidney impairment caused by symptomatic chronic infection, blockage, calculus disease, or severe traumatic injury, a laparoscopic nephrectomy is suggested. 

Simple nephrectomy is also used to treat renovascular hypertension caused by irreversible renal artery disease or severe unilateral parenchymal damage caused by nephrosclerosis, pyelonephritis, reflux dysplasia, or congenital kidney dysplasia.