Kidney removal is an operation that is performed for various diseases of this organ, when its function or integrity can not be restored by other methods. These are such conditions as closed severe injuries, gunshot wounds, urolithiasis accompanied by purulent lesions, or swelling.
Procedure for the operation of kidney removal
The operation to remove the kidney is performed only after the patient passes blood tests:
- general analysis;
- biochemical analysis ;
- Coagulation assay;
- analysis for sugar.
Before an operative intervention the patient is always examined by an anesthesiologist.
Access to the kidney in most cases is done by cutting (slanting) in the lumbar region. After the organ is removed, the surgeon examines the bed and, if necessary, stops bleeding from very small vesicles. Then a special drainage tube is installed, the wound is sewn up and a sterile bandage is applied on it.
This operation is technically heavy. During its carrying out, serious complications can arise. The pancreas, the peritoneum and the integrity of the abdominal cavity may be damaged, since the kidney is directly behind it.
The course of the postoperative period
For rehabilitation after removal of the kidney was successful, in the postoperative period the patient receives various painkillers and antibiotics. The drainage tube is removed after a few days. Once a day, a sterile dressing is changed, and the seams are removed after about 10 days. A few months later the patient
The consequences of kidney removal can be very serious. In the postoperative period, 2% of patients are:
- heart failure ;
- acute myocardial infarction;
- congestive pneumonia;
- disorders of cerebral circulation;
- atelectasis.
After removing the kidney in cancer, regression occurs and metastases affect the organs located side by side.