Which Surgical Procedures Remove a Severely Damaged Kidney from a Patient

question 148

Multiple Choice

Which surgical procedures remove a severely damaged kidney from a patient with end-stage kidney failure and insert a new kidney from a donor?

• A)nephrectomy, transplantation
• B)cystoscopy, lithotripsy
• C)stone basketing, nephropexy
• D)urethroplasty, nephrectomy

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