Safety and adequacy of percutaneous kidney biopsy performed by nephrology trainees.
Vittoria EspositoGiulia MazzonPaola BaiardiMassimo TorreggianiLuca SemeraroDavide CatucciMarco ColucciAlice MariottoFabrizio GrosjeanGiacomo BovioCiro EspositoPublished in: BMC nephrology (2018)
Kidney biopsy can be safely performed in mid-sized hospitals. Safety and adequacy are guaranteed even if the procedure is performed by a larger number of less experienced nephrologists as long as under tutor supervision, thus kidney biopsy should become an integral part of a nephrology fellow training allowing more widespread diffusion of this technique.