What are the symptoms of kidney dropping, can it be treated in some way, or is surgery required?
Some mobility of the kidneys is usually observed in very thin people and the solution to the problem is gaining weight. A mobile kidney may be accompanied, above all, by pain associated with the bending of the ureter and the presence of renal congestion. Surgical treatment - kidney fixation - does not bring good results.
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Lidia Skobejko-WłodarskaSpecialist in pediatric urology and surgery. She obtained the title of European specialist in pediatric urology - fellow of the European Academy for Pediatric Urology (FEAPU). For many years he has been dealing with the treatment of bladder and urethral dysfunction, especially neurogenic vesico-urethral dysfunction (neurogenic bladder) in children, adolescents and young adults, using for this purpose not only pharmacological and conservative but also surgical methods. She was the first in Poland to start large-scale urodynamic tests, allowing to determine the function of the bladder in children. He is the author of many works on bladder dysfunction and urinary incontinence.
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