IgA nephropathy surgery
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Overview
The mainstay of treatment for IgA nephropathy is medical therapy. Tonsillectomy is usually reserved for patients with IgA nephropathy and recurrent infections.
Indications
- The mainstay of treatment for IgA nephropathy is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:[1][2]
- IgA nephropathy and recurrent infections
Surgery
- The mainstay of treatment for IgA nephropathy is medical therapy. Tonsillectomy is usually reserved for patients with IgA nephropathy and recurrent infections.[1][2]
Contraindications
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Béné MC, Hurault de Ligny B, Kessler M, Foliguet B, Faure GC (1993). "Tonsils in IgA nephropathy". Contrib Nephrol. 104: 153–61. PMID 8325026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nagasawa Y, Iio K, Fukuda S, Date Y, Iwatani H, Yamamoto R, Horii A, Inohara H, Imai E, Nakanishi T, Ohno H, Rakugi H, Isaka Y (2014). "Periodontal disease bacteria specific to tonsil in IgA nephropathy patients predicts the remission by the treatment". PLoS ONE. 9 (1): e81636. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081636. PMC 3904818. PMID 24489644.