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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
Percutaneous renal biopsy was performed on 171 patients during the same interval as an open surgical biopsy was done on 100 patients in the same hospital. Patients who underwent an open biopsy had more severe renal dysfunction and hypertension than those who had a percutaneous biopsy. Tissue adequate for diagnosis was obtained in 100 per cent of the open biopsies. The kidney was reached in 88 per cent of all percutaneous biopsies with tissue adequate for diagnosis in 82.5 per cent. Of 87 patients biopsied with image-amplification fluoroscopy renal tissue was obtained in 97 per cent with tissue adequate for diagnosis in 92 per cent. No nephrectomies were done and no deaths occurred in either group. Our complications and yield by percutaneous biopsy compared favorably to those of other series. Further, open biopsy in a high risk population was associated with a high yield of tissue adequate for diagnosis with no increase in complications. Procurement of renal tissue need rarely be denied a patient if a biopsy is clinically indicated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-5347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
696-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
A comparative study of open surgical and percutaneous renal biopsies.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study