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A Novel Technique for Teaching Challenging Ultrasound‐Guided Breast Procedures to Radiology Residents
Author(s) -
Sutcliffe Joseph,
Hardman Rulon L.,
Dornbluth Nella Carol,
Kist Ken A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.32.10.1845
Subject(s) - medicine , medical physics , radiology , ultrasound , breast ultrasound , mammography , breast cancer , cancer
Ultrasound‐guided breast interventions (core biopsies, needle‐wire localizations, and fine‐needle cyst aspirations) are common procedures performed by radiologists. Residents must gain competency in these interventions during training. Phantoms and simulations have been advocated for teaching interventions, and various systems are available for standard breast interventions. However, simulations for difficult/high‐risk interventions are not readily available. We describe an inexpensive method for simulating difficult ultrasound‐guided breast procedures, including masses over breast implants, deep masses along the chest wall, and lymph nodes adjacent to axillary vessels.