Direction of the Biopsy Needle in Ultrasound-Guided Renal Biopsy Impacts Specimen Adequacy and Risk of Bleeding

Although medical factors such as hypertension and coagulopathy have been identified that are associated with hemorrhage after renal biopsy, little is known about the role of technical factors. The purpose of our study was to examine the effects of biopsy needle direction on renal biopsy specimen adequacy and bleeding complications.

Source: Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal - March 26, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Katherine Sawicka, Noman Hassan, Chance Dumaine, Allison Budd, Chris Wall, Tamalina Banerjee, Hyun J. Lim, Prosanta Mondal, James Barton, Michael A.J. Moser Tags: Ultrasonography / Échographie Source Type: research