Evaluation of vacuum-assisted breast biopsy systems: Ethicon Mammotome ST 11G/8G versus ATEC Suros-system 12G/9G in clinical routine
JJ Biernath-Wüpping, BM Order, G Peters, V Brandt, PJ Schaefer, W Jonat, F Schaefer, M Heller · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2012 · Heft 04
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Objective: Two stereotactically guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy systems were compared measuring time effectiveness and quality of harvested material. Materials and Methods: Biopsies were carried out with either the Mammotome® Breast Biopsy System from Ethicon Endo-Surgery (11-gauge and 8-gauge) or the Suros Surgical's ATEC® Saphire system (12-gauge and 9-gauge). Lesions with a diameter smaller than 1.5cm on mammography were biopsied with 11-gauge or 12-gauge whereas lesions over 1.5cm were targeted with 8-gauge and 9-gauge. The time was taken during each performance focussing on launching the system, time o…