title: Modified open renal biopsy. An experience with fifty consecutive cases.
abstract: Fifty consecutive patients underwent a modified open renal biopsy using bronchial forceps under general anesthesia. A small incision (2-3 cm) was made, and several small pieces of renal tissue (5-7) were excised in each case. Adequate tissue for diagnosis was obtained in 100% of the biopsies. Morbidity was minimal, and no deaths occurred as a result of biopsy. Traditionally, the open renal biopsy consists of a large incision (7-10 cm) with a deep wedge excision. It is significant that the modified technique provided a high tissue yield (the average number of glomeruli was 80) with few complications. This tissue yield was significantly higher than that usually seen with percutaneous needle biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Central Arkansas Urology Clinic, Little Rock.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Finan
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wellons
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis