Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009403
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Preferred Name

Nephrostomy, Percutaneous

Definitions
The insertion of a catheter through the skin and body wall into the kidney pelvis, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal calculi and to diagnose ureteral obstruction.
Synonyms
Nephrostomies, Percutaneous
Percutaneous Nephrostomy
Percutaneous Nephrostomies
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