Open AccessIntraoperative Ultrasonographically Guided Excisional Biopsy or Vacuum-Assisted Core Needle Biopsy for Nonpalpable Breast Lesions
Author(s) -
ShinCheh Chen,
Horng Ren Yang,
TsannLong Hwang,
MiinFu Chen,
YunChung Cheung,
Swei Hsueh
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000094439.93918.31
Subject(s) - medicine , mammotome , biopsy , malignancy , radiology , core biopsy , surgery , percutaneous , breast biopsy , mammography , breast cancer , cancer , pathology
To compare duration and rates of underestimation and complete excision for nonpalpable breast lesions using either intraoperative ultrasonographically guided excisioned biopsy (IUGE) or directional vacuum-assisted biopsy (DVAB).