Preoperative "second eye" ultrosound guided orientation in non-palpable breast lesions surgery / 中华内分泌外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate clinical application of preoperative "second eye" ultrosound guided orientation in non-palpable breast lesions surgery.Methods:100 patients were involved in the present study, with 136 impalpable breast lesions. Patients were divided into treatment group and control group by using random number table method. Patients of the control group were operated according to the preoperative ultrasonic location alone, while lesions of patients from the treatment group were located not only by preoperative surface location, but also by the "second eye" ultrasonic examination performed by surgeons. Volume of resected specimen and the operation time and the average length of incision were observed and compared between the two groups.Results:All lesions were completely resected. The average operation time of the treatment and control groups was 20 minutes vs 28 minutes ( P<0.05) , the average volume of resected specimens was 3.0 ml vs 4.1 ml ( P<0.05) , and the average length of incision was 25 mm vs 30 mm ( P=0.21) . Conclusions:It is an accurate, safe and effective method to remove clinical non-palpable breast lesions by the "second eye" ultrasound operated immediately before the surgery. It can obviously shorten the operation time, precisely remove the specimen, and reduce damage to normal tissues. In clinical practice, breast ultrasonic characteristics are recommended to be mastered by surgeons so that it could be helpful to the surgery.