Anemia, a lack of red blood cells, can cause fatigue, pale skin, weakness, dizziness, headache and more. Anemia, chronic disease. Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) can cause fatigue, pale skin, weakness, dizziness, headache and more. Atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a heart condition that causes heart palpitations, confusion, dizziness and more.
Guide. In percutaneous nephrolithotomy or nephrolithotripsy, the surgeon makes a small incision in your back to remove kidney stones. He or she then puts a hollow tube into your kidney and a probe through the tube. In nephrolithotomy, the surgeon removes the stone through the tube. In nephrolithotripsy, he or she breaks the stone up and then removes the fragments of the stone through the tube.
nephrectomy. [-ekâ²tÉmÄ]. Etymology: Gk, nephros, kidney, ektomÄ, excision. the surgical removal of a kidney, performed to remove a tumor or otherwise diseased kidney. In the patient with renal failure, the kidney may be the cause of extreme hypertension, and therefore one or both kidneys are removed.he nephrectomy patient is administered general anesthesia and the surgeon makes an incision on the side or front of the abdomen. Muscle, fat, and tissue are cut away to reveal the kidney. The blood vessels connecting the kidney to the circulation are cut and clamped.