High resolution intra-operative two-dimensional specimen mammography and its impact on second operation for re-excision of positive margins at final pathology after breast conservation surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Bathla, Lokesh ^a   Harris, Ann ^a   Davey, Mary ^a   Sharma, Poonam ^a   Silva, Edibaldo ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Failed breast conservation; Intraoperative margin assessment; Reexcision rates; Specimen mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL FAXITRON HIGH RESOLUTION MAMMOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84856375899     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.09.031     Document Type: Article

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