| 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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| nephrologist |
physician who treats patients with kidney problems or hypertension.
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| nephron |
the working units of the kidney that remove waste and extra fluids from the blood. Each kidney is made of approximately 1 million nephrons.
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| nephropathy |
Kidney damage caused by many years of high blood glucose level.
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| nephropathy |
disease of the small units in the kidneys (nephrons) that clean the blood.
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