Nephrology

Nephrology is the branch of medicine concerned with the examination of kidney function and disease, treatment of kidney disease and the provision of dialysis and kidney transplantation. Common diseases in this field include renal failure, nephritis, inflammation or infections of the kidney, polycystic kidney disease, and high blood pressure. Surgical procedures are carried out by the department of urology; urology is the field concerned with kidney stones, kidney tumors and urinary tract obstruction.