Is Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Effective?

Prone table stereotactic breast biopsy.

The prone table machine is a mammographic X-ray system specially designed for use in the stereotactic localisation of breast abnormality. In this study, its clinical usefulness was investigated in terms of duration, success rate, complications, and patients' acceptance of the procedure. During a 5-month period, 79 patients attended the Kwong Wah Hospital for stereotactic-guided biopsy on the pr...

Stereotactic breast biopsy: a surgical series.

BACKGROUND Stereotactic core needle biopsy (SCNB) is increasing in popularity and is currently being performed by both radiologists and surgeons. It has been shown to be accurate and cost effective, but the appropriate use of SCNB in the probably benign mammographic lesion has not been determined. Nor has it been determined whether a learning curve affects performance of the procedure. STUDY ...

Stereotactic Core Biopsy of the Breast.

Stereotactic breast biopsy: indications and results.

Imaging-guided breast biopsy performed with large-core needles can accurately diagnose most breast pathologies, often allowing a diagnosis to be made more quickly and less expensively than with surgical biopsy. Major complications, such as hemorrhage and infection, are extremely rare, although post-biopsy ecchymosis and tenderness are not unusual. Because less tissue is removed, post-biopsy cos...

Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: our experience and comparison with stereotactic automated needle biopsy.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate and compare the outcome of stereotactically guided percutaneous, directional, vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VAB) with the outcome of those performed with 14-gauge automated gun. METHODS Between January 2008 and January 2011, altogether 257 stereotactic biopsies were performed in our institute; 193 with the 14-gauge automated needle and 64 with a directional, vacuum-ass...