[Bilateral selective renal angiography--a procedure worth while? Report of the incidence of bilateral space-occupying lesions of the kidney in 2721 selective renal angiographies (author's transl)].
Since surgeons can save part of one kidney either by partial resection or reimplantation following "workbench" surgery, it has become increasingly important for the radiologist to demonstrate bilateral space-occupying lesions of the kidneys by bilateral selective angiography, magnification technique and computerized tomography of the kidneys. Fine-needle puncture of the kidney is an important additive technique to solve differential diagnostic problems of avascular, space-occupying renal lesions. Moreover it is a great comfort to the surgeon to know the appearance of both kidneys and may also modify the planned surgical procedure considerably. The incidence of 93 cases of bilateral space occupying lesions of the kidneys, diagnosed in 2721 selective renal angiographies over a period of 13 years, suggests that these entities are more frequent than previously thought.
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