title: [Performance of echo-guided renal biopsy using a new semi-automatic instrument].
abstract: Percutaneous renal biopsy is a fundamental diagnostic technique in clinical nephrology, recently refined by real-time ultrasonic guidance. The technique described in this paper is a biopsy method employing real-time ultrasonic guidance and a semi-automated device. This technique has been successfully performed in 10 patients undergoing renal biopsy. Diagnostically satisfactory material containing an average of 9 glomeruli for specimen was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale degli Infermi, USSL 47, Biella.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dionisio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caramello
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bajardi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Borella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michelone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001331:Automation; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Esecuzione di biopsia renale ecoguidata mediante utilizzo di un nuovo strumento semiautomatico.