The Comparison of Ultrasonography Guided Mammotome Biopsy between 8 and 11 Gauge Probe

Kim, Hyun Ah; Moon, Byung In; Choi, Kum Ja; Choi, Hye Young

doi:10.12771/emj.2005.28.2.77

Ewha Med J 2005; 28(2):77-82

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.2005.28.2.77

Original Article

The Comparison of Ultrasonography Guided Mammotome Biopsy between 8 and 11 Gauge Probe

Hyun Ah Kim, Byung In Moon, Kum Ja Choi, Hye Young Choi*

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Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Korea.

^*Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Korea.

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Published Online: Sep 30, 2005

Abstract

Purpose

The goal of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy, complication rate between 11 and 8 gauge Mammotome probe during ultrasound-guided Mammotome biopsy.

Methods

Sixty eight patients who showed breast mass in sonography were included in this study. Statistical comparisons between the 11 and 8 gauge group were done.

Results

75 biopsies were performed using the Mammotome biopsy system guided by sonography. 63 LESIONS(84.0%) had benign pathology and 12 lesions(16.0%) were malignant. 49(65.3%) of these biopsies were performend with the 11-gauge Mammotome probe, and 26(34.7%) with the 8-gauge probe. Complications such as pain, bleeding , hematoma and skin discoloration were compared between 11 and 8 gauge group. There were nostatistically significant differences in complications such as pain, bleeding, hematoma and skin discoloration. All complications had no significant difference between 11 gauge group and 8 gauge group.

Conclusion

The ultrasound-guided 8 gauge Mammotome biopsy system is as safe as ultrasound-guided 11 gauge Mammotome biopsy system.

Keywords: Mammotome; Diagnostic accuracy; Breast mass; 8gauge probe