title: A modified needle-hookwire technique to simplify preoperative localization of occult breast lesions.
abstract: Accurate preoperative localization of breast lesions is important to ensure removal of the suspected area without also removing large quantities of tissue. By using a hook retracted into the needle lumen, repositioning prior to the final anchoring of the wire in the tissue is simplified.
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013525:Surgical Instruments