Why should diagnostic benign breast biopsies weigh less than twenty grams?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-116

  Parker, S J ^a   Wheaton, M ^a   Wallis, M G ^a   Harries, S A ^a  

^a SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast diseases; Needle biopsy; Pathology; Postoperative complications; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST MALFORMATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WEIGHT;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035078070     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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