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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Nephrectomies are | Nephrectomies are often done for [[kidney tumours]]. | ||
They come in three basics flavours: | They come in three basics flavours: | ||
*[[Partial nephrectomy]]. | *[[Partial nephrectomy]]. | ||
* | *Total nephrectomy. | ||
*Radical nephrectomy - includes Gerota's fascia. | *Radical nephrectomy - includes Gerota's fascia. | ||
**Gerota's fascia is the fascia overlying the perinephric fat). | **Gerota's fascia is the fascia overlying the perinephric fat). | ||
Resections for tumours generally are ''radical nephrectomies'' or ''partial nephrectomies''. | |||
==Protocol== | ==Protocol== | ||