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Metabolic alkalosis surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for metabolic alkalosis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either pyloric stenosis), Zollinger-ellison syndrome,Villous adenoma, Conn syndrome or adrenL adenoma/ hyperplasia /carcinoma, Reno vascular hypertension, juxtaglomerular cell(renin producing) tumor, renal cell carcinoma, hemangiopericytoma, nephroblastoma.
Indications
Indications
- The mainstay of treatment for metabolic alkalosis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
- pyloric stenosis)
- Zollinger-ellison syndrome
- Villous adenoma
- Conn syndrome oradrenal adenoma/hyperplasia/carcinoma
- Reno vascular hypertension
- juxtaglomerular cell(renin producing) tumor
- renal cell carcinoma
- hemangiopericytoma
- nephroblastoma
Surgery
Surgery
- The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of above malignancy at diagnosis.
Contraindications
Contraindications
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Marufa Marium, M.B.B.S[2]