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Descriptor
English
:
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Nefrostomía Percutánea
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Nefrostomia Percutânea
Synonyms
English
:
Nephrostomies, Percutaneous
Percutaneous Nephrostomies
Percutaneous Nephrostomy
Tree Number:
E01.370.390.550
E04.579.642
E04.950.774.739.500
E04.950.774.852.642
Definition
English
:
The insertion of a
catheter
through the skin and body wall into the
kidney pelvis
, mainly to provide urine
drainage
where the
ureter
is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal
calculi
and to diagnose
ureteral obstruction.
History Note
English
:
86
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
RH
rehabilitation
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
19608
Unique Identifier:
D009403
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