Multicenter clinical experience with the new direct frontal 360 degree vacuum assisted large core biopsy device (Coramate®) (n=175)

Purpose: Recent innovations in large core biopsies for the human breast led to the development of unique direct frontal and 360 degree vacuum aspiration systems (Coramate®). Preclinical and single center clinical trials proved the usefulness of this method. Now the multicenter clinical experience is described. Material and Methods: Between 10/06–03/07 175 women with a suspect lesion (BI-RADS™ 4/5) were eligible for biopsy. Anticoagulant medication was allowed. No prior sedation was given. The lesion was detected by clinical examination, mammography, ultrasound, and/or MRI (BI-RADS™ 4/5). The performance of the s…