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. 2016 Jul 6;5(4):321–327. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i4.321

Table 3.

List of main studies (> 500 biopsies) reporting minor, major complications and mortality rate after renal biopsy

Ref. Year of publication No. of biopsies % Minor complications % Major complications % Mortality
Fenerberg et al[24] 1998 1081 9.6 1.11 0.09
Prasad et al[28] 1998 1090 3 0.36 0
Preda et al[20] 2003 515 9.5 2.7 0
Whittier et al[51] 2004 750 6.7 6.4 0.13
Atwell et al[44] 2010 5832 - 0.7 0
Stratta et al[29] 2007 1137 24.2 0.36 0
Korbet et al[23] 2014 1055 8.1 6.6 0.09
Mai et al[21] 2013 934 5.9 0.86 0
Tøndel et al[13] 2012 9288 1.9 0.9 0
Prasad et al[28] 2015 2138 5.4 5.1 0