Renal transplant biopsies: Recommended guidelines on minimum dataset reporting

Abstract

Renal allograft biopsies are essential in posttransplant setting to be able to accurately diagnose graft pathologic changes and help in guiding patient management. Banff schema has been long providing guidance to transplant pathologists to accurately diagnose and score the severity of rejections in allograft biopsies. However, there is no standardized minimal data set to report renal transplant biopsies, thereby making it difficult for renal physicians to understand changes in transplant biopsies to adequately manage patients. The present brief review article shall provide guidelines on minimal data set reporting for renal transplant biopsies to bring uniformity in reporting in the whole country.

Keywords

• banff
• biopsy
• minimal data set
• renal graft