Kidney Reflux Disease Surgery. The amount of reflux can be large or small. The kidneys are two small bean shaped organs in the abdomen that filter your blood.
Major surgery cardiogenic shock hypovolemia and drug induced aki 13 surgical risk factors for aki patients with kidney disease may present for a wide variety of surgical procedures. My mother was told by the pediatric urologist who performed my surgery that if i didn t have the surgery it could effect my ability to carry a pregnancy as an adult and. Some children are born with a problem valve that does not close properly so the urine refluxes back into the kidney.
In some cases of mild congenital kidney reflux is the disorder and may go away on its own.
Kidney reflux disease vesicoureteral reflux is found mainly in children who inherited it from their parents. Surgery carried out before the age of 3 years in children with severe reflux may prevent kidney damage later in life. A nephrectomy is a major surgery to remove all or part of your kidney. When i was a child i was diagnosed with kidney reflux disease and had corrective surgery.