Gomes OV, de Almeida BAD, Santana LFE, Rodrigues MDS, Locio GBPM, Araújo CS, Rosas CHDS, Guimarães MD. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous renal biopsy at a university hospital: retrospective analysis of success and complication rates.
Radiol Bras 2021;
54:311-317. [PMID:
34602666 PMCID:
PMC8475169 DOI:
10.1590/0100-3984.2020.0064]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the success and complication rates of ultrasound-guided renal biopsy at a tertiary care hospital.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This was a retrospective analysis of 97 ultrasound-guided renal biopsies, all performed by the same radiologist, between 1 March, 2017 and 31 October, 2019.
RESULTS
Of the 97 biopsies evaluated, 87 had a definitive pathological diagnosis. In five cases (5.4%), the biopsy results were inconclusive and a second procedure was required. In seven procedures (7.6%), there were complications, all of which were properly resolved.
CONCLUSION
Ultrasound-guided renal biopsy has proven to be a safe, effective method for the diagnosis of nephropathies, with high success rates.
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