Evaluation of the SAVI SCOUT Surgical Guidance System for Localization and Excision of Nonpalpable Breast Lesions: A Feasibility Study.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the SAVI SCOUT surgical guidance system, which uses a nonradioactive infrared-activated electromagnetic wave reflector, to localize and excise nonpalpable breast lesions. We evaluated the system's use in 15 nonpalpable breast lesions in 13 patients.



Image-guided placement was successful for 15 of 15 (100%) reflectors. The final pathologic analysis found that lesion excision was successful, including five malignancies with negative margins. No patients required reexcision or experienced complications. SAVI SCOUT is a feasible method for breast lesion localization and excision.
1 Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, Herbert Irving Pavilion, 161 Fort Washington Ave, 10th Fl, New York, NY 10032.
Victoria
V
Mango
1 Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, Herbert Irving Pavilion, 161 Fort Washington Ave, 10th Fl, New York, NY 10032.
Richard
R
Ha
2 Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Ameer
A
Gomberawalla
1 Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, Herbert Irving Pavilion, 161 Fort Washington Ave, 10th Fl, New York, NY 10032.
Ralph
R
Wynn
2 Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Sheldon
S
Feldman
breast cancer; electromagnetic wave; infrared activated; localization