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Efficacy of epidural anesthesia for retroperitoneoscopic renal biopsy

2000

Laparoscopic procedures are performed using general anesthesia due to the perceived limitations of regional anesthesia in the upper abdomen and retroperitoneum. We present our initial experience with epidural anesthesia for retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal biopsy.

Anesthesia EpiduralMalemedicine.medical_specialtyUrologyBiopsykidney biopsyepidural anesthesia; retroperitoneoscopic; renal biopsyretroperitoneoscopicSettore MED/24 - Urologiarenal biopsymedicinecase reportHumansAnesthesiahumanepidural anesthesiaUpper abdomenmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryadultbupivacainearticleMiddle AgedSurgerybody regionspriority journalRegional anesthesiaAnesthesiaEpiduralKidney DiseasesLaparoscopyRenal biopsybusinessbupivacaine; mepivacaine; adult; article; case report; epidural anesthesia; human; kidney biopsy; laparoscopy; male; priority journal; Anesthesia Epidural; Biopsy; Humans; Kidney Diseases; Laparoscopy; Male; Middle Agedmepivacaine
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Epidemiological, Clinical and Morphological Characteristics of Immunoglobulin a Nephropathy in Latvia

2020

Abstract Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common chronic glomerulopathy with variable clinical manifestations. IgAN diagnostics became possible in Latvia in 2013. The study aim was to describe IgAN manifestations in the Latvian population by analysing epidemiological, clinical, histological data, and reveal factors that might determine the course of the disease. The retrospective, one-centre study included biopsy-proven IgAN patients over a five-year period in the Nephrology Centre at Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital. Data from inpatient and outpatient medical records were collected. The study included 69 patients with histologically confirmed IgAN (23% of all rena…

medicine.medical_specialtyMultidisciplinaryGeneral interestkidney diseaseSciencekidney biopsyQnephrology030232 urology & nephrologyimmunoglobulin aurologic and male genital diseases03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineImmunologyEpidemiologymedicine030212 general & internal medicineImmunoglobulin A NephropathyglomerulonephritisProceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
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