Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15: 1104-1105
© 2000 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Letters
Subcapsular haematoma: a cause of post biopsy oliguria in renal allografts
1 Richard Bright Renal Unit 2 Department of Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol 3 Department of Medicine, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, UK
Sir,
Renal allograft biopsy is an important procedure in the investigation of worsening excretory renal function following transplantation in both the acute and chronic setting. Allograft biopsy has become safer with the introduction of sonographic guidance and narrow gauge percutaneous biopsy needle, resulting in reduced complications of bleeding and arterio-venous fistula formation. Yet unusual complications do occur which necessitate immediate action to prevent the loss of the allograft. We report the case
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