Intraoperative ultrasonography guidance is accurate and efficient according to results in 100 breast cancer patients

Intraoperative sonography for nonpalpable breast lesions: Additional indications for a consolidate technique

“…IUSS represents a non‐invasive and time‐saving method, but requires adequate training. Several experiences have reported good results in terms of sensitivity, negative neoplastic margins, and percentage of patients undergoing re‐excision, demonstrating that IUSS is safe and effective, reducing patient anxiety and discomfort due to supplementary examinations or insertion of a guide wire and saving time and money for hospitals …”

“…Several experiences have reported good results in terms of sensitivity, negative neoplastic margins, and percentage of patients undergoing re-excision, demonstrating that IUSS is safe and effective, reducing patient anxiety and discomfort due to supplementary examinations or insertion of a guide wire and saving time and money for hospitals. [8][9][10] Snider and Morrison compared the use of IUSS and PWL obtaining an equivalent amount of disease-free margin for both, even if this goal was reached removing a smaller mean volume of tissue with IUSS (IUSS, 62.6 cm 3 ; PWL, 81.1 cm 3 ). 11 In the study of Rahusen et al, 12 US-guided excision seemed to be superior to wire-guided excision for margin clearance (P = .007).…”

On the feasibility of MRI‐guided navigation to demarcate breast cancer for breast‐conserving surgery

“…Image-guided breast-conserving surgery has primarily been focused on intraoperative ultrasonography. [32][33][34][35][36] Although promising results have been reported, the technique may be limited to assess the extent of intraductal disease and large irregularly shaped tumors. Moreover, the technique requires operators experienced in breast ultrasonography to be present during surgery.…”

Ultrasound and Mammography Guided Wire Marking of Non-Palpable Breast Lesions: Analysis of 741 Cases

“…Conclusion: Sonography directed wire localisation appears to be superior to the respective mammographic method. Ultrasound guided wire mark-Due to increasing utilisation of mammography, the rate of nonpalpable lesions among all breast lesions is steadily growing; in fact, it has doubled during the past 10 years [1]. The percentage of stage 0 or I breast cancers -most of which are non-palpableis now 40.8 % (2000) in Germany [2] and as high as 57 % (1997) in the US [3].…”