Surgeon-Performed Touch Preparation of Breast Core Needle Biopsies May Provide Accurate Same-Day Diagnosis and Expedite Treatment Planning

Abstract

Surgeon-performed TPC of breast CNB is an accurate method of same-day diagnosis that allows treatment planning to be initiated at the same visit and may serve to expedite patient care.

Feasibility of surgeon‐performed ultrasound‐guided core needle biopsy in the thyroid and lymph nodes

“…Besides pain, the bleeding risk also constitutes an important issue, particularly when the procedure is performed by specialists other than radiologists. However, ultrasound‐guided CNB already has been applied successfully in the assessment of abdominal and breast lesions by gastroenterologists and surgeons for several decades . In a review involving 1790 cases of ultrasound‐guided percutaneous liver biopsy, major complications, including bleeding and pain, were observed in only 0.5% of the cases .…”

“…However, ultrasound-guided CNB already has been applied successfully in the assessment of abdominal and breast lesions by gastroenterologists and surgeons for several decades. 29,30 In a review involving 1790 cases of ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy, major complications, including bleeding and pain, were observed in only 0.5% of the cases. 29 In the present study, we did not encounter any incidence of major or clinical hematoma.…”