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Last reviewed: 20.11.2021
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The Nechiporenko trial is one of the ways to determine the inflammatory disease of the genitourinary and renal system. Virtually all chronic, and even more acute forms of such diseases suggest a method such as the Nechiporenko test.
This technique was developed by an outstanding scientist, surgeon, urologist Nechiporenko Alexander Zakharovich. As a doctor Nechiporenko became famous in connection with successful operations related to the kidney and genitourinary system.
Practically all his life Nechiporenko was engaged in the study of oncological diseases of urinary organs, as well as pyelonephritis. In addition, he introduced an effective method of diagnostics of shaped elements in urine, a test for Nechiporenko, for the first time in the history of Soviet medicine, he performed a cystectomy (complete removal of the cyst or tumor) in the bladder area followed by a "blind" stitching of the resection wound.
Why is the Nechiporenko test done?
The purpose of this analysis is simple - as soon as possible and as accurately as possible to identify possible kidney pathologies and begin effective therapy. As well as the Addis - Kakovskiy test, the Nechiporenko method allows to display an abnormal amount of white blood cells - leukocytes, erythrocytes and protein compounds in the urine, and therefore more accurately diagnose kidney pathologies. The Nechiporenko test provides a more detailed, in comparison with the general, standard urinalysis, a description of the sediment. In a general analytical study, the uniform elements are often not visible due to clouding of urine and reproduction of microbes in it.
The Nechiporenko test is a very simple and affordable method that determines the amount of the most visible compounds in a small amount of material - urine.
Sometimes the patient is unable to take samples by other methods because of difficulty with urination. Then a simple analysis - the Nechiporenko test can become the primary, after general analyzes, timely, refined information for the doctor, and also provide an opportunity to develop a plan for further comprehensive diagnosis.
How is the Nechiporenko test done?
Material for laboratory research is taken at any time of the day or night. Standard for analysis is the sampling of the average portion, usually in the morning. The patient independently collects the material in a special clean container, having previously performed hygienic procedures. Sometimes, according to indications, urine can be taken by a catheter.
What can testify about Nechiporenko?
Just like in other techniques, in this method there are limits of the norm. Any deviation from them is a signal about this or that disease. If the white blood cells "cross" the limits of the established norm, this indicates pyelonephritis, chronic or acute, all depends on the number of white bodies. Erythrocytes exceeding the threshold of the norm may indicate a serious disease - glomerulonephritis or pathology of the urinary tract, hematuria.
The Nechiporenko trial has been used for more than 100 years in Russian medicine and is a popular method in the clinical practice of foreign doctors. This is a simple, informative analysis that does not require special preparation, and its results are usually ready within one day.