Nuclear renal scan (renogram)
A nuclear renal scan (renogram) is a safe, radiation-based imaging test that shows how well each kidney is working and how urine…
Explore procedures, expected recovery, indicative costs and the clinics that provide each treatment.
A nuclear renal scan (renogram) is a safe, radiation-based imaging test that shows how well each kidney is working and how urine…
A nephroureterectomy is surgery to remove an entire kidney, its ureter, and usually a small cuff of the bladder — most often…
A nephrostomy tube is a thin catheter placed through the skin directly into the kidney to drain urine when it can't flow…
Nephropexy is a surgical procedure that repositions and fixes a mobile, "floating" kidney back in its normal place in the upper abdomen,…
Nephrectomy is surgery to remove all or part of a kidney. It is performed as a partial (kidney-sparing), radical (total), or living-donor…
An MRI urogram is a painless, radiation-free scan that gives your care team detailed images of your kidneys, ureters and bladder —…
Mini-PCNL is a keyhole kidney surgery that removes large kidney stones through a small puncture in the back, using narrower instruments than…
Micro-PCNL and ultra-mini PCNL are keyhole procedures that remove kidney stones through a needle- or pen-sized puncture in the back — a…
Laparoscopic pyeloplasty is keyhole (minimally invasive) surgery that repairs a blocked or narrowed ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) — the point where the kidney's…
Laparoscopic nephrectomy is keyhole (minimally invasive) surgery to remove a kidney, or part of one, through a few small incisions in the…
A kidney transplant places a healthy donor kidney into your body to take over the job your own kidneys can no longer…
A kidney biopsy removes one or more tiny samples of kidney tissue, usually with a thin needle guided by ultrasound, so a…