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a tube inserted through the abdominal wall into the pelvis of the kidney, for direct drainage of the urine.
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| nephrostomy |
A surgically created passage from the skin directly into the central collecting space of the kidney. Usually a tube is left in this passage to drain the urine into a bag carried outside the body. This same passage can be enlarged and used for percutaneous procedures on the kidney.
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| nephrostomy |
A temporary urinary diversion in which a plastic catheter (nephrostomy tube) is inserted through the skin into the kidney, stitched into place, and left to drain urine. The rest of the urinary tract is bypassed.
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| nephrostomy tube |
a tube is placed to drain urine directly from the kidney through a hole in the skin
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| nephrostomy |
The insertion of a tube through the skin into the kidney, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional or to remove or dissolve kidney stones.
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