Kidney biopsy

• Kidney biopsy is not performed for urological diseases but for nephrological diseases
• Indications
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Renal transplant evaluation
  • Renal mass where non-invasive imaging is inconclusive
    • Renal masses can be diagnosed with high specificity by non-invasive imaging in most cases
• Technique
  • Can be acquired percutaneously or by open surgery
• Complications
  • Bleeding
  • Tumour seeding is rare