The role of renal biopsy to improve diagnosis and management of small renal masses: are there predictive factors for detective higher diagnostic rate? The first Italian study of 100 cases.

CONCLUSIONS: RTB for SRMs helps establish pre-treatment diagnosis, reduce overtreatment, with a low risk of complications and high diagnostic rate. In our experience, we did not find predictive factors more likely associated with a diagnostic biopsy. PMID: 32182227 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Minerva Urol Nefrol Source Type: research