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Nephrectomy
Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney, commonly using a minimal invasive surgical technqiue. There are various indications for this large procedure, such as renal cell carcinoma, a non-functioning kidney (which may cause high blood pressure) and a congenitally small kidney (in which it's swelling to cope with load presses on nerves causing pain in unrelated areas such as the back or testicles).
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