Nephrostomy - Labeled

A nephrostomy tube inserted into the kidney through the patient’s back and connected to an external drainage pouch.

Download Media Please credit each image as: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health.

Description

Image of a child with nephrostomy tube and bag showing the entry of the tube through the body into the kidney. Close-up cross section of the kidney shows the inserted tube.

Alternate Text

A nephrostomy tube inserted into the kidney through the patient’s back and connected to an external drainage pouch.

Diseases or Conditions

Kidney Disease

File Size

818 KB | 2064 x 1960

File Type

JPG

Related Keywords

Children English labels Anatomy