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Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney. more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

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Condition Members Success
Renal Cell Carcinoma (K...
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88%
Overall, 88% (25 Members) find Nephrectomy helpful

Nephrectomy Reviews

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It removed the tumor
I Lost my left kidney afew year,s ago due to chronic pylonephritus,i,d had a stone as a kid which they removed,saving the kidney,then i had nothink but trouble with the kidney and it had to be removedmi felt great after the op,but sadly i developed more problems and now find i have a tumour and am awaiting a partial nephrectomy i hope!
Partial Right Nephrectomy. I was up an playing Soccer for my team in 1 month. Surgery wan't too bad but the emotional roller coster has been a nightmare. I am trying to just "Let go and Let GOD". I'm not to good at giving up control.
NIH physicians were great and I'm doing well.
Sugery went well. All margins were clear.
cancer has not spread to area around kidney as of yet has been 2 years since removal
Surgery went well, no lasting side effects.
I am told the partial nephrectomy was successful. Had it in 1/08. Hoping they are right knock on wood.
it,s been hard getting over the op.but hopefully it has not gone any where else.I am doing fine at the mo
I had clear margins, so it worked well.
This worked well. I had five years cancer free. Then it came back.
i have had 2 partial nephrectomy 1on each side apart from the pain seems to have worked now looking to improve health
a bit painful but if it is all gone it will be a blessing
Had a radical nephrectomy in 11/2006 tumor was benign but i had a rare cystic disease of the kidney.
I am feeling better but have had depression since i was diagnosed
My father in law had his kidney removed 12 years ago. He was told that they had gotten all of the cancer and with the help of Interferon he should be fine. He got his CT scans for the first 4 or 5 years but didn't keep up with them and by the time he did get another scan done it had already spread to both lungs.
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Discussions

  1. Advice: How big is a 1 cm nodule?
    Husband with hx of renal cancer--post nephrectomy 13 months and on Sutent. Nodule found on lung. I just am not sure how big it is. The docs say to wat... [More]
  2. Discussion: radical nephrectomy recovery
    Hi there..I had a radical nephrectomy as well and my tumor was 8 cm. The hardest part for me was the first 3 weeks.My incision was done thru the front... [More]
  3. Discussion: radical nephrectomy recovery
    I was layed up for 6 weeks, but my incision is from my belly button up to my breast bone. The doctors told me my total recover time will be up to 6 mo... [More]
  4. Discussion: radical nephrectomy recovery
    My boyfriend had a radical nephrectomy done about 3 weeks ago. His tumor was 10cm and is staged at stage 2. How long can we expect him to be sore. ... [More]
  5. Discussion: depression
    Does anyone else who has had a nephrectomy feel that the side effect of depression could be chemical or hormonal due to the loss of the organ{kidney}?... [More]

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