Adaptation of an add-on stereotaxic breast biopsy unit: use of a dedicated reclinable mammography chair.

Percutaneous Imaging-Guided Core Breast Biopsy

“…The prone tables are more expensive but have several advantages including more working room, decreased likelihood of patient motion and vasovagal reaction, and the added benefit of the table acting as a psychologic barrier between the patient and the procedure. Use of decubitus positioning on the upright unit has been reported and may improve results [12]. Digital imaging, available with prone and upright units, decreases the time necessary to do the procedure, which may increase the likelihood of success [7].…”

“…ercutaneous imaging-guided breast biopsy is increasingly an alternative to surgical biopsy for the histologic assessment of nonpalpable breast lesions [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Percutaneous imagingguided biopsy is most often performed under stereotactic [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] or sonographic guidance [14][15][16][17] (Fig.…”

“…Percutaneous imagingguided biopsy is most often performed under stereotactic [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] or sonographic guidance [14][15][16][17] (Fig. 1); some investigators report preliminary experience with percutaneous biopsy guided by MR imaging [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

Stereotactic directional vacuum-assisted breast biopsy using lateral approach

“…However, there are few reports [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] regarding the lateral approach. We performed ST-MMT using the lateral approach and report here an advantage of this approach.…”

Stereotactic Biopsy of the Breast Using an Upright Unit, a Vacuum-Suction Needle, and a Lateral Arm-Support System

“…Thinly compressed breasts and lesions located near the chest wall are well sampled. The vasovagal rate is higher than that on a prone table but is acceptable.tudies have validated the accuracy of stereotactic biopsy by several methods: concordance of core biopsy and surgical results for malignancy and atypical ductal hyperplasia, surgical results versus core biopsy in cases of mammographic discordance [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], and the false-negative rates of benign core biopsies with surgical results or surveillance [21]. However, these studies have primarily used prone stereotactic tables.…”