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Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Laparoscopic Nephre...
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Aspiration of Renal Cyst
- Hemodialysis
- Kidney Transplantat...
- Kidney Excision
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The goal of treatment is to control symptoms and prevent complications. High blood pressure may be difficult to control, but control of it is the most important aspect of treatment.
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There is no way to prevent cysts from forming or becoming enlarged, or to prevent PKD from progressing to kidney failure. Treatment goals include preserving healthy kidney tissue; controlling symptoms; and preventing infection and other complicati...
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To remove a kidney in an open procedure, an incision is made below the ribcage (A). The kidney is exposed (B) and connections to blood vessels and the ureter are severed (C). The kidney is removed in one piece (D). ( Illustration by GGS Inc. )
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Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, the treatment removes waste products and excess fl...
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Dialysis is a method of removing toxic substances (impurities or wastes) from the blood when the kidneys are unable to remove these substances.
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Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys , which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, dialysis removes waste products and excess fluids...
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Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, the treatment removes waste products and excess fl...
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A hemodialysis shunt, graft, or fistula provides vascular access for hemodialysis, a treatment that cleans the blood by removing wastes and excess water from the body.
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During the transplant operation, the kidney recipient is typically under general anesthesia and administered antibiotics to prevent possible infection. A catheter is placed in the bladder before surgery begins. An incision is made in the flank of ...
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A kidney transplant is surgery to place a healthy kidney into a person with kidney failure.
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Kidney transplantation is a surgical procedure to remove a healthy, functioning kidney from a living or brain-dead donor and implant it into a patient with nonfunctioning kidneys.
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Kidney removal, also called nephrectomy, is surgery to remove all or part of a kidney. You may be having: Part of one kidney removed (partial nephrectomy; All of one kidney removed (simple nephrectomy; Removal of all of one kidney, lymph nodes, an...
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Nephrectomy is the surgical procedure of removing a kidney or section of a kidney.
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