kidney removal
Surgical organ excision
Kidney removal is the surgical extraction of a kidney, either for medical treatment (such as cancer or severe damage) or for organ donation.
The clinical term is nephrectomy.
She underwent kidney removal after the tumor was discovered.
A person can live normally with one functioning kidney.
- nephrectomySurgical kidney extraction
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- organBody's working component
- organ donorPerson who bequeaths body parts
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