ABSTRACT
Background and purpose:Breast masses is woman's common diease,With the development of people's living.They are eager to find a new method which is efficient and less pain to replace conventional open surgery.So Mammotone appears.We assessed the efficacy of Mammotome biopsy system for the patients with single and multiple breast masses.We assessed the efficacy of Mammotome biopsy system for patients with single and multiple breast masses.Methods:From Janurary 2004 to April 2005,patients with single and multiple breast masses underwent Mammotome and conventional surgery respectively.Two methods has been compared from the aspects of difficulties,side effects,prognosis and degree of patient's satisfaction.Results:The length of excisions,anesthetic dosage,operational time,pain etc with Mammtome group were superior to the conventional group,especially for the patients with multiple breast masses.There were no difference in terms of bleeding during or after operation for two groups.Patients were followed up 3 to 15 months,none of the patients had relapse and patient's satisfaction was very encouraging.Conclusions:The color guided Mammotome showed very promising results for the patients with breast benign masses,and it was very useful for the masses either located deeply or were multiple.