title: Ultrasound guided percutaneous renal biopsy.
abstract: Percutaneous renal biopsy is a useful tool in the diagnosis and prognostication of the medical renal diseases. The ultrasonography helps in accurately localising the site of renal biopsy as well as in detecting contra-indications like polycystic disease, solitary kidney and hydronephrosis, etc. In this series of 100 consecutive cases of ultrasound guided renal biopsy, the success rate was 99% and reasonably good length of renal tissues were obtained in 97% cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amitabh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography