Luis Fernando Serrano MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

John Sfondouris MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

To teach Radiologists, fellows and residents technical aspects and applications involving Physics and tips , for stereotactic breast biopsy in difficult patients with considerable reduction rate of stereotactic breast biopsy cancellations after the patient has been involved in the procedure.

A. Most typical technical issues B. How to avoid failures C. Understanding the physics and how it helps D. How to improve lesion visualization E. Negative stroke margin principle and technical aspects to avoid it.  

Applying the "unused parameters", improve technical aspects, and helps the radiologist to perform those difficult stereotactic breast procedures, with better confidence and satisfactory results. The implementation of these variations will also reduce significantly the rate of cancellations during the biopsy, after the patient has been involved, causing unnecessary anxiety for the patient, and waste of time for both Health personnel and patient. Likewise, improving the utilization of our stereotactic resources in such challenging cases, will benefit the patients by keeping them as ambulatory minimally invasive procedures, instead of go through unnecessary open surgeries in the operating room under general anesthesia.  

Serrano, L, Sfondouris, J, "Physics and Tips" Behind the Scenes for Successful Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Results in Technically Limited Cases.  Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, December 1 - December 6, 2013 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2013/13011471.html