Research Article

Evaluation of a Surgical Navigation System for Localization and Excision of Nonpalpable Lesions in Breast and Axillary Surgery

Table 2

Surgical and pathologic details of surgical excision using EnVisio Surgical Navigation system.

N = 27

Devices excised within primary specimen22 (81.5%)
SmartClip sent as separate gross specimen4 (14.8%)
SmartClip in the same specimen as biopsy clip22 (81.5%)
Retrieval of SmartClip as additional margin1 (3.7%)
Median tumor margin: DCIS3.0 mm (3–5)
Median tumor margin: invasive5.0 mm (2–8)
Reexcision performed0

DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; mm, millimeter.