Talk:Ectopic kidney

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Wiki Education assignment: 2024-25 TCOM WikiMed Period 21

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 3 March 2025 and 28 March 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Yxf180013 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: N00dlehero.

— Assignment last updated by 72chilly (talk) 18:07, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update

Article needs to be more comprehensive. Sources are not up-to-date. Will add new paragraphs with citations. Yxf180013 (talk) 04:55, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Change

I removed the part that talks about failure of ascent since the definition provided does not include all forms of renal ectopia (lumbar, abdominal, simple, crossed, etc.).

I also removed the incidence and will be adding it to the body in a more detailed description. Yxf180013 (talk) 20:32, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review of article

Lead:

The lead adjust minor changes to be more specific to ectopic kidney and adds the associated symptoms with how it is often found. It also moves the incidence rate for ectopic kidneys to it's own section and expands upon it. The overall lead is concise and specific to the article.

Content:

Additions to the embryology process of how the ectopic kidney was formed was added along with the multiple classifications of the disease. To further improve, the article can detail on which is the most common type of ectopic kidney or which is the most likely to cause symptoms within a patient. In addition to the kidneys, the effects of the ectopic kidneys were discussed for the other organs such as the ureter and adrenal gland.

In the diagnosis and evaluation section, the sections are written thoroughly with some of the reasons why ectopic kidneys are diagnosed in the first place. Another section can be done on "treatment options" so that it is known what can be done for patients with the symptoms discussed in the article.

Tone and Balance:

Tone is neutral with little to no bias noted.

Organization:

To further improve on the article, the associated symptoms " kidney stones, urinary tract infections and hydronephrosis" in the lead can be added/moved to the associated conditions section so that it is more organized. Otherwise the article is well-written and concise.

Sources and reference:

The references are each from publications and urology textbooks. Each are thorough and links are functional.

Overall impression:

The article is amazingly well done and can be seen having done a lot of work on it. Small improvements and additions can be made to the article. N00dlehero (talk) 06:30, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]