Clinical Study
The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Preoperative Planning for Patients Undergoing Therapeutic Mammoplasty
| | | Conventional imaging + MRI (interquartile range) | Conventional imaging only
(interquartile range) |
| | Median size on MRI (mm) | 26 (20) | | | Median size on mammography (mm) | 12 (28.5) | 23.5 (19.75) | | Median size on ultrasound (mm) | 12 (21.5) | 20 (15.25) | | Median size on final histology (mm) | 23 (18.5) | 25.5 (21) | | Median specimen mass (g) | 187 (178) | 213 (493) | | Further surgery | 1 patient required completion mastectomy for margin positivity | 3 patients required completion
mastectomy
1 patient required further wide local
excision for margin positivity |
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