Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . When asked how the decision to perform a kidney biopsy was determined, nephrologists responded with substantial ...

PHILADELPHIA — Percutaneous kidney biopsy is a feasible and safe procedure when testing patients with small kidneys, according to the results of a study presented at ASN Kidney Week. Research into the ...

For each additional needle pass during the kidney biopsy, the likelihood of major complications increased 22%, investigators found. A percutaneous kidney biopsy is associated with a 5.1% risk of major ...

A small study showed that 38% of patients with ANCA-glomerulonephritis vasculitis who underwent for-cause repeat biopsy had active disease. Findings from a recent study support performing a follow-up ...

CHICAGO — The current recommended benchmark for when to biopsy the kidney in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is arbitrary and results in missing the lupus nephritis (LN) cases that a ...