THEN IF Request.
Mortality is extremely low and serious complications requiring surgical intervention are rare.
Nonetheless kidney biopsies are done only for specific indications and no one likes to perform the potentially harmful and painful procedure repeatedly. Therefore, clinicians and pathologists have to co-operate tightly in order to ensure the optimal diagnostic yield of any single biopsy. In renal pathology, diagnosis is often based on very subtle morphological changes. There are significant variations between laboratories regarding the way to process renal biopsies. A harmonised treatment of renal biopsies would be highly desirable since it facilitates an exchange of slides or tissue samples for scientific or quality assessment purposes.