Percutaneous Renal Biopsy

Phillippi, Paul J.

doi:10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110079011

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“…The overall record of diagnostic tissue obtained by percutaneous renal biopsy at this institution for the years 1970-1973 inclusive is 91.4%. Thus, while the yield on these patients is somewhat below the average for our biopsied population as a whole, it is within the range of many reported series [7,8], Diagnostic information was obtained which was earlier unobtainable from the clinical data or clinically unsuspected in 12 of 25 biopsies (48%) (table II).…”

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“…As to the acquisition of diagnostic tissue, the yield in this group was equal to or better than the reported yields in several other large series in which uremic patients were not isolated [7,8,16]. It should be noted that all of our patients had reached a stage of renal function such that dialysis was necessary to maintain them free of uremia.…”

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confidence: 44%

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Evaluation of Percutaneous Kidney Biopsy in Advanced Renal Failure

Curtis¹,

Rakowski²,

Argy³

et al. 1976

Nephron

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As more information is gained on the long-term survival in chronic dialysis and transplant patients, it is unacceptable to be satisfied with a clinical impression of the etiology of the end stage renal failure in each case. It becomes important to know the histological diagnosis in patients who present with terminal renal failure. In the past there was little to offer such individuals in terms of therapeutics, and their prognosis was uniformly poor. Thus, biopsy for other than academic reasons was difficult to justify. This is no longer true and presented here is a series of 28 such patients in whom percutaneous renal biopsy was performed. The complications and diagnostic yield are reported. It is further demonstrated that the added knowledge of histological diagnosis can be of benefit to the individual patient.

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confidence: 44%