There are various indications for this procedure, including renal cell carcinoma, a non-functioning kidney (which may cause high blood pressure) and a congenitally small kidney (in which the kidney is swelling, causing it to press on nerves, which can cause pain in unrelated areas such as the back).<unk>  for renal cell carcinoma is rapidly being modified to allow partial removal of the kidney.<unk>  is also performed for the purpose of living donor kidney transplantation. A nephroureterectomy is the removal of a kidney and the entire ureter and a small cuff of the bladder for urothelial cancer of the kidney or ureter.
Nephrectomy
Adrenalectomy
Uterus transplantation
Nephrostomy
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Kidney transplantation
Sclerotomy
Percutaneous nephrostomy