Fundamental Studies on Renal Biopsy

Observations on percutaneous renal biopsy in children.

The first serious attempt to develop the technique of percutaneous renal biopsy was made by Iversen and Brun (1951), although its use had previously been reported by Perez Ara (1950). Alwall (1952) abandoned it following a fatality in 1944 but did not report his findings until eight years later. Kark and Muehrcke (1954) devised a more satisfactory biopsy technique in the prone position, using F...

Transjugular renal biopsy. Update on hepato-renal needlework.

In 1990, a poster presented at the American Society of Nephrology kindled curiosity [1]. The placard indicated that renal biopsy can be performed by puncturing the right kidney from inside, with a needle inserted along a catheter running from the jugular vein into the lower pole. Publications followed, from those who had broken new ground and thereafter from many members of the nephrological ci...

Observations on Renal Hypertension. the Role of Renal Biopsy.

INTEREST in unilateral renal disease as a possible cause of human hypertension originated with Goldblatt 's classic experiments.' In 1937, Butlerreported the clinieal cure of hypertension following nephrectomy in two cases of unilateral, pyelonephritis with vascular disease in children. In recent years it has been recognized that many cases of human hypertension are on the basis of unilateral r...

Transjugular renal biopsy.

A novel technique to obtain renal biopsy specimens from patients in whom percutaneous renal biopsy is contraindicated is described. After adaptation of equipment used for transjugular liver biopsy, 50 such patients underwent transjugular renal biopsy: specimens of renal tissue were obtained from 44 patients, and glomeruli were found in 38 specimens. No major complications were observed and hist...

Renal Biopsy Interpretation