title: Impact of method of anesthesia on the accuracy of needle-localized breast biopsies.
abstract: Needle-localized breast biopsy (NLBB) is now a commonly performed procedure. We reviewed a series of 260 NLBBs to evaluate the accuracy of the procedure, using specimen radiography as the standard. General anesthesia was used in 114 (44%) procedures and local anesthesia in 146 (56%). The accuracy rate when the patient received general anesthesia was 96.5% compared with 98% when local anesthesia was used (not significant). The cost of this procedure can be reduced substantially by utilizing local anesthesia as opposed to general anesthesia without compromising the accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Grannan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lamping
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001706:Biopsy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests