nephron

• According to Davidoff, nephron-sparing surgery is a more complex procedure than a complete nephrectomy.
• Physicians at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated that children with bilateral Wilms tumor, a cancer of the kidneys, can retain normal function in both kidneys by undergoing a procedure called bilateral nephron-sparing surgery, even when preoperative scans suggest that the tumors are inoperable.
• St. Jude physicians have demonstrated that children with bilateral Wilms tumor, a cancer of the kidneys, can retain normal function in both kidneys by undergoing a procedure called bilateral nephron-sparing surgery, even when preoperative scans suggest that the tumors are inoperable.
• Between 1999 and 2006, all St. Jude patients with bilateral Wilms tumor exhibiting favorable histology (cell characteristics) underwent bilateral nephron-sparing surgeries, or partial nephrectomies.
• The nephron is the fundamental unit of the kidney, the parenchyma; it has three significant and distinct roles: filtration, reabsorption and secretion. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]

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