The Journal of Korean Society of Menopause  2013;19(1):9-17

doi:10.6118/jksm.2013.19.1.9

The Clinical Experience of an Ultrasound-guided Vacuum-assisted Resection (Mammotome) for Benign Breast Lesions through a Core Needle Biopsy.

Jae Heok JEONG 1 ; Hwi Gon KIM ; Ki Hyung KIM ; Ook Hwan CHOI

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Keywords

Biopsy needle; Breast diseases; Breast neoplasms; Mammography; Mammotome

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to consider the clinical experience of an ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted resection (Mammotome) for benign breast lesions through a core needle biopsy. METHODS: The authors carried out a core needle biopsy and Mammotome for 347 patients and investigated the pathologic results. RESULTS: The significant difference of core needle biopsy and Mammotome results was demonstrated, Spearman correlation coefficient is 0.413 in a correlation analysis. CONCLUSION: This experience suggest Mammotome is a useful procedure for providing more correct pathologic findings through complete resection of benign breast lesions.