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Nephrectomy

Surgical Procedure

A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer. It is also carried out to remove a normal, healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor, forming part of the kidney transplant procedure that supplies the organ to a recipient.

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Disputed
Origin Year
1869 1
Erastus B. Wolcott performed the first recorded nephrectomy in 1861 in Wisconsin, but the patient died 15 days later; Gustav Simon's planned nephrectomy in Heidelberg on 2 August 1869 is credited as the first with a surviving patient, so sources differ on whether 1861 or 1869 marks the treatment's true origin.
Classification
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Standard of Care 1
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Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
  • History section, first recorded nephrectomy paragraph
    The first recorded nephrectomy was performed in 1861 by Erastus B. Wolcott in Wisconsin.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephrectomy, lead section
    A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to treat a number of kidney diseases including kidney cancer.
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