Percutaneous kidney biopsies. Complications and their management.
Six hundred thirty-two percutaneous renal biopsies were performed in 479 patients between 1965 and 1978. Complications occurred with 86 biopsies, an incidence of 8.5 per cent. Most complications (seventy-six of eighty-six) were minor, and either resolved spontaneously or did not require intervention. There were ten major complications, including 6 patients with gross hematuria requiring blood transfusions, 3 with hemorrhage treated with arterial embolization, and 1 with a symptomatic arteriovenous fistula that was treated with partial nephrectomy. Major complications of percutaneous renal biopsy and the modes of therapy are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000473:pathology; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery; D012082:Renal Veins