title: [Preoperative marking of non-palpable breast lesions by the stereotaxic tattooing and "harpoon" technique. 670 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the quality of pre-operative analysis of sub-clinical lesions of the breast using a wire and stereotaxic tattooing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1983 en 1990, 670 cases were analysed. At first needle or wire localisation techniques were used and then from 1988 onwards stereotaxic tattooing, first with the wire technique combined with it and later by itself from 1989 onwards. Place study carried out: Oscar-lambret Centre in the Department of Surgery and Radiodiagnosis 1, BP 307, Lille Cedex.
  
  
  RESULTS
  190 carcinomas were diagnosed (30.7%) of which 20 were micro-invasive and 46 carcinoma in situ. The efficiency of the analysis was evaluated according to the number of explorations that were necessary to remove healthy tissue around the lesion. The wire technique results were significantly different (15.43% = 339 cases), tattooing with wire (9.13% = 144 cases), and tattooing by itself (6.30% = 135 cases).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It seems that pre-operative assessment using stereotaxic tattooing is the most reliable of methods because it allows limited excision of the lesion and a more aesthetic approach.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie, Centre Hospitalier de Dunkerque.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delporte
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cambier
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013653:Tattooing / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Repérage pré-opératoire des lésions mammaires infracliniques par la technique du tatouage stéréotaxique et du "harpon". A propos de 670 observations.