‘Cupping’ the breast—a simple technique used in wire-guided local excision of impalpable breast lesions

Autor:	JR Steel, R.M. Watkins, S.E. Prance, PA Jones, A.M. Cota
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Local excision business.industry Breast Neoplasms General Medicine Mastectomy Segmental Surgery Oncology Skin surface medicine Humans Female business Strapping Mammography
Zdroj:	European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO). 31:208-209
ISSN:	0748-7983
Popis:	Localisation wires are commonly inserted to aid excision of impalpable breast lesions. The wire is usually introduced through a needle and the needle usually removed leaving the wire in place. The wire is malleable, so that its free end can be strapped to the skin of the breast. A disadvantage is that the malleable wire is less easily palpable intraoperatively than the needle. If the needle is left over the guide-wire, the stiffness of the needle usually prevents strapping it to the breast skin especially if it has been inserted at 908 to the skin surface. We describe a simple technique to prevent accidental displacement of the localisation device during wirelocalised excision of impalpable breast lesions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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