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Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney.
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Renal Cell Carcinoma (K... | 80 |
93% |
Overall, 93% (80
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Nephrectomy Reviews
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99 kikidney was removed 2008 tumers in lung part of right lung removed dec. may 09 2 more tumers in right lung waited too see how tey grew nov 09 more tumers on spine and left hip dr will start some treatment i week dr says maybe 12 -14 months to live
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I'm not sure will find out next week
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Mass is gone, he said he got it all, but what if it is some place else. Awaiting PET scan and oncology referral. Still site pain but overall not the worst I have been through.
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Left kidney removed when diagnoised in 2005
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taking out the mass 9cm and right kidney, helped, but it had metastizied to my right lung already.
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had a full nephrectomy on the right, then 9 years later, cancer returned in the left and had a parital nephrectomy. It's been 5 years and so far so good.
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Cryoablation Worked, but experienced a lot more post-procedural pain than I expected...still having that pain a year later.
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It worked and its been 8 years this past April.
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I had an open radical nephrectomy because they were also removing my ovaries. My incision was down the middle of my abdomen, which made my recovery easier. I was in the hospital 5 days and was off of the pain meds completely after about 10 days. Went back to work part time (office/desk job) at 3 weeks, just returning to full time after 6 weeks.
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So far so good.
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Glad to hear it went well! Keep us updated about your progress. I'll be having a biltareal nephrectomy in the next few months so I am always happy t... [More] -
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I need some advice from this very wise group. What info do you know about having a nephrectomy. I am strongly considering having one in the next cou... [More] -
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Your post was very uplifting to me because I will also be a having a nephrectomy soon (bilateral, before transplant). Thanks for checking in and I ho... [More] -
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don't know what happened to my first reply. Tami, I'm so glad you feel better and it sounds as if your nephrectomy was a big success. I had a bilate... [More] -
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I had a bilateral nephrectomy post transplant because I continued to have infections in my native kidneys. it was not an easy surgery but I benefitted... [More]





