Open AccessUltrasonographically guided excisional biopsy of non‐palpable breast lesions
Author(s) -
Giorgio A Di,
Alessi G.,
Ar P.,
Canavese A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1365-2168
pISSN - 0007-1323
DOI - 10.1002/bjs.1800830131
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , radiology , surgical excision , breast biopsy , wide local excision , surgery , mammography , breast cancer , cancer
Excision of small non‐palpable breast lesions can be difficult and may result in the unnecessary removal of excessive surrounding breast tissue 1 . With this in mind a simple excisional biopsy technique for such lesions has been developed which employs intraoperative ultra‐sonography to guide the extent of excision.