Comments and extensions to EFSUMB guidelines on renal interventional ultrasound (INVUS).
The substantial evidence base for interventional ultrasound approaches to renal diagnostic sampling and therapeutic access exists. This review comments on the evidence-based recommendations on ultrasound-guided renal access which have been published recently within the framework of Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (InVUS) of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) from a clinical practice point of view. Specific aspects of tissue handling and workup, procedural approach and patient interaction are discussed. Indications, contraindications, risk factors and methods to reduce these risks are considered.
Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Markus G
MG
Mohaupt
Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bern, Berne, Switzerland.
Spyridon
S
Arampatzis
Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Nathan
N
Atkinson
Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 200032 Shanghai, China.
Dong
D
Yi
Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xin Wu
XW
Cui
Department of Internal Medicine, Caritas Hospital, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
Andre
A
Ignee
Department of Internal Medicine, Caritas Hospital, Bad Mergentheim, Germany;Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The first affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China. christoph.dietrich@ckbm.de.
Christoph F
CF
Dietrich
D006801:Humans; D005060:Europe; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods