Mesh term Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
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Nephrotomy
Ostomy
Urinary Diversion
Description
The insertion of a catheter through the skin and body wall into the kidney pelvis, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal calculi and to diagnose ureteral obstruction.Search for this term in our Faculty Database
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