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Recently Diagnosed with Nephroptosis (floating kidney). Anyone else?
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jan 21 6:05am | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Could you let me know the name of the doc at UTSW? My sister is struggling to get surgical intervention for her nephroptosis and is losing hope fast. She has pain at a 8-9/10 whenever she stands (and she has a very high pain tolerance!) It’s been completely debilitating and no local docs are willing to help. Thank you!
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The UTSW doctor most likely is not willing to operate unless the kidney drops 5 cm. My drop is 3cm, he is not willing to operate on me. It is worth seeing him, since he does admit to doing about one per year. I talked to three surgeons in Dallas and the others flatly refused. I will send you a private message with his name, etc.