A 27-year-old male has a severe kidney obstruction leading to removal of the affected kidney.Which of the following would the nurse expect to occur?

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The remaining kidney would hypertrophy to compensate for the increased workload of the loss of the affected kidney.
The remaining kidney would enlarge,not atrophy.
The remaining kidney would hypertrophy,not change cell structure.
The remaining kidney would hypertrophy; the patient would not go into renal failure.

A 27-Year-Old Male Has a Severe Kidney Obstruction Leading to Removal