Treatment Procedures

Question 1

Lithotripsy

Answer 1

Shock waves are beamed into a patient to crush urinary tract stones. The fragments then can be passed through the urethra and meatus

Question 2

Renal transplantation

Answer 2

A donor kidney is transferred to a recipient

Question 3

Urinary catheterization

Answer 3

A catheter is passed into the bladder for the short term or long term drainage of urine

Question 4

Dialysis

Answer 4

Hemodialysis - is the removal of blood for passage through a kidney machine to filter out waste materials such as urea
Peritoneal dialysis - a special fluid is put into the peritoneum through a tube into the abdomen. The wastes seep into the fluid from the blood and are then drained from the peritoneum