Is Complete Recoverability Of The Renal Function Possible After Surgery For Hydronephrosis?

Posted on Sat, 29 Jul 2017

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Question : can i ask anothet question about my sons hydronophrois?

Answered by Dr. Ravi Bansal (15 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes

Detailed Answer:
yes you can ask please go ahead. please write a detailed description

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Ravi Bansal (2 days later)

after surgery to fix hydronophrois do a childs kidneys usually continue to grow as they grow up? thanks

Answered by Dr. Ravi Bansal (23 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Kidneys grow with age normaly

Detailed Answer:
hi

the kidneys do grow normally but the damage may recover partially only. so the idea is to prevent any damage from occuring.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng

Follow up: Dr. Ravi Bansal (35 hours later)

if he had kidney dysplasia the doctors here would have noticed it by now? he has had ultra sounds every 6 months and he is currently 18 months
thanks

Answered by Dr. Ravi Bansal (20 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back,

Yes, they would've.

Dysplastic kidneys are small and can have multiple cysts. They can be identified on ultrasound.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee