Stereotactic excisional breast biopsies utilizing the advanced breast biopsy instrumentation system

To compare the Stereotactic excisional breast biopsy ABBI (Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrumentation) system with “open” excisional breast biopsy with needle localization. Methods: Twenty-three women underwent excisional breast biopsy using the ABBI system, 23 women concomitantly underwent needle local...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 1997-09, Vol.174 (3), p.297-302
Main Authors: D'Angelo, Philip C., Galliano, Domingo E., Rosemurgy, Alexander S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Biopsy - methods
Biopsy, Needle
Breast
Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - surgery
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Genital system. Mammary gland
Humans
Instrumentation
Instruments
Local anesthesia
Localization
Mammography
Medical sciences
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Stereotaxic Techniques
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Summary:To compare the Stereotactic excisional breast biopsy ABBI (Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrumentation) system with “open” excisional breast biopsy with needle localization. Methods: Twenty-three women underwent excisional breast biopsy using the ABBI system, 23 women concomitantly underwent needle localization and excisional breast biopsy. All women had mammograms displaying microcalcifications or nonpalpable noncystic nodular densities suspicious for cancer. Biopsies with ABBI were undertaken with local anesthesia whereas needle localization biopsies were undertaken using general anesthesia. The ABBI system allowed completion mammography. Although preoperative mammograms were comparable, biopsy specimen diameter, volume, and weight were less with ABBI, and patient acceptance was higher. Efficacy, procedural duration, and blood loss were not different between the techniques. The ABBI system is a minimally invasive yet efficacious excisional breast biopsy technique. It is utilized with local anesthesia in an environment more relaxed and less expensive than the operating room. It allows for smaller biopsy specimens and higher patient acceptance and is as efficacious as needle localization biopsy techniques. The ABBI system belongs in the surgical armamentarium against indeterminant nonpalpable mammographic breast lesions.
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00109-8