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Safety and feasibility of outpatient percutaneous native kidney biopsy in the developing world: Experience in a large tertiary care centre in E astern I ndia
Author(s) -
Golay Vishal,
Sarkar Dipankar,
Thomas Punnoose,
Trivedi Mayuri,
Singh Ametashver,
Roychowdhary Arpita,
Dasgupta Sanjay,
Pandey Rajendra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1797
pISSN - 1320-5358
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2012.01663.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , observational study , tertiary care , biopsy , surgery , emergency medicine , general surgery , intensive care medicine , radiology
Golay and colleagues reported a prospective observational study on outpatients with percutaneous renal biopsies. They compared the efficacy and safety of percutaneous renal biopsies in outpatients and overnight inpatients and suggested percutaneous renal biopsies could be safely performed in outpatients with low risks.