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Ureteral Obstruction Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Kidney Excision
- Insertion of Ureter...
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Percutaneous Insertion of Nephrostomy Tube
- Nephrostomy with Tu...
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Stents or drains placed in the ureter or nearby area may provide short-term relief of symptoms. Surgery to repair the underlying cause of the obstruction will usually cure the problem.
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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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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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A ureteral stent is a thin, flexible tube threaded into the ureter to help urine drain from the kidney to the bladder or to an external collection system.
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Ureteral stents are thin catheters threaded into segments of the ureter that carry urine, produced by the kidney, either down into the bladder internally, or to an external collection system. Insertion is most often done through the skin (percutan...
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Nephrostomy is a procedure in which a catheter (plastic tube) is inserted through the skin and into the kidney to drain it of urine. Urine drains into a bag outside the body.
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A nephrostomy is a surgical procedure by which a tube, stent, or catheter is inserted through the skin and into the kidney.
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