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AIM: We aimed to evaluate changes in patient numbers, procedures performed, and the result of imaging procedures in the breast imaging unit of a non-pandemic hospital in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study retrospectively evaluated 2010 and 740 patients who presented to our unit in the pandemic and non-pandemic periods, respectively. Patient sex and age, neoadjuvant chemotherapy story, imaging modalities used, final BI-RADS classification, and biopsy and/or wire localization procedures were compared between the periods. RESULTS: There were significant decreases in the number of patients who presented to our unit and the numbers of mammography, ultrasound, MRI, biopsy, and wire localization procedures performed during the pandemic period (p |
