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In this unit, students are able to:
 explain the procedure of specific treatment.
 write a report summary of a specific renal surgery.
 design a procedural poster.

Discuss these questions with your partner.
1. What are the common causes of kidney disease?
2. Rank these common causes of kidney problem from the least to the most common.
 physical injury  cysts in the kidneys  hereditary causes

 infection  backward flow of urine from  drug misuse
the bladder
3. How is kidney disease usually treated?
4. Discuss with your partner the types of kidney transplant below. Who do you think will need each type
of the surgery?

partial nephrectomy
It is the removal of a part of the swollen kidney; the
cut is closed with stitches or staples. radical nephrectomy

It is the removal of a whole kidney along
with the surrounding fat and adrenal gland.

simple nephrectomy
It is the removal of a whole kidney.

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