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Suggest Treatment For Chronic Renal Failure

My brother has chronic renal failure. He s having surgery, didn t understand nurse totally on the phone, surgery is cystoscopy right ritrogrand polyogram ?? Inject dye goes from kidney to ureter to bladder - check for blockage, possibly uretoscopy, possible biopsy, possible stent in kidney. Sorry for my messed up medical terminology, can you explain this in English to me.
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hello,you said your brother has chronic renal failure.for chronic renal failure
dialysis is the treatment depending on the serum creatinine levels.kidney replacement is the permanent solution. the things you wrote here are the invasive investigations to assess the condition of kidneys.

Thanks,hope this may help you.have a nice day.
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Suggest Treatment For Chronic Renal Failure

hello,you said your brother has chronic renal failure.for chronic renal failure dialysis is the treatment depending on the serum creatinine levels.kidney replacement is the permanent solution. the things you wrote here are the invasive investigations to assess the condition of kidneys. Thanks,hope this may help you.have a nice day.