TITLE:
Result of 10 Years of Experience in Echo-Guided Kidney Biopsy Punctures in the Nephrology Department of the Martigues Hospital Center, France
AUTHORS:
Aboubacar Sidiki Fofana, Magara Samaké, Seydou Sy, Sah Dit Baba Coulibaly, Christophe Bouaka, Ghassan Alchahin, Delphine Haussaire, Simona Dorina Boncila, Hamadoun Yattara, Moctar Coulibaly, Atabième Kodio, Modi Sidibe, Saharé Fongoro
KEYWORDS:
Renal Puncture Biopsy, Nephrology, Martigues Hospital Center
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nephrology,
Vol.11 No.2,
April
26,
2021
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) is an essential procedure for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of many primary or secondary nephropathies. Objectives: To identify the indications, to determine the profile of the diagnosed nephropathies and to evaluate the short-term complications related to the practice of echo-guided PRB at the Martigues hospital center. Methodology: This was a retrospective and descriptive study carried out on the records of patients who underwent echo-guided native kidney biopsy from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019 in the nephrology department of the Martigues Hospital. Results: The analysis of 123 cases of echo-guided PRB involved 76 men and 47 women with a sex ratio of 1.6. The mean age was 55.92 ± 17.80 with age extremes of 16 and 87 years. Glomerular syndromes were the main indication with 42 cases of nephrotic syndrome (34.1%), 15 cases of nephritic syndrome (12.2%), 11 cases of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis syndrome (8.9%), and 6 cases of recurrent macroscopic hematuria syndrome (4.9%). The histological findings were 47 cases of primary glomerular lesions (38.3%), 32 cases of nephroangiosclerosis lesions (26%), 24 cases of secondary glomerulopathy (19.5%), 9 cases of interstitial nephritis (7.3%), 2 cases of myelomatous nephropathy (1.6%), and 9 cases (7.3%) of unclassified histological lesions. Twenty-two hypertensive patients (40.7%) had nephroangiosclerosis lesions (p = 0.001). The follow-up was simple in 119 patients (96.7%). Macroscopic hematuria was noted in 4 patients (3.3%). It was associated with a perirenal hematoma in 2 patients including 1 transfused case. Conclusion: Our data provide an important contribution to the understanding of the prevalence and clinical presentation of renal diseases in the nephrology department of the Martigues hospital center.