Multicenter clinical experience with the new direct frontal 360 degree vacuum assisted large core biopsy device (Coramate®) (n=109)
R Schulz-Wendtland, M Verjans, J Gelin, L Rothenberg, M Sentis, G Verswijvel, J Janssens · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2008 · Heft 04
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Ziele: 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. Methode: Between 10/06–3/07 175 women with a suspect lesion 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). Emphasis was made for those conditions where the classical…