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1209478

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
Experience with 184 consecutive biopsies of the breast for 147 benign lesions and 37 carcinomas over an 18 month period has been reviewed. Local anesthesia was used in 78 per cent of the patients, and it was the method of choice whenever the preoperative diagnosis was benign. General anesthesia was used when the lesion was thought likely to be malignant. Anesthesia within these guidelines was used in 88 per cent of patients with correct preoperative diagnoses. Exceptions were made primarily, but not exclusively, because of patient preference. The preoperative diagnoses were correct in 168 patients, unstated in five, and incorrect in 11. Six women erroneously were thought to have carcinoma, and five others unexpectedly had malignant disease. Although biopsy remains mandatory, the preoperative diagnosis of carcinoma of the breast can currently be made with sufficient accuracy to justify restricting recommendation for general anesthesia to those patients thought likely to have carcinoma of the breast.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0039-6087
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
140
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
88-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Data favoring biopsy of the breast under local anesthesia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article