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Table 2 Summary of all eleven separate ultrasound-guided 8-gauge vacuum-assisted excision procedures.

From: The utilization of an ultrasound-guided 8-gauge vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system as an innovative approach to accomplishing complete eradication of multiple bilateral breast fibroadenomas

Procedure number

Session number

Lesion excised from Table 1

Duration of time from presentation to procedure in months

Number of 8-gauge cores harvested

Overall estimated 3-dimensions of 8-gauge cores harvested in centimetres (cm)

1

1

10

1.0

10

3.6 × 2.1 × 0.4

2

1

11,12

1.0

12

4.1 × 2.9 × 0.4

3

2

15

1.5

6

2.0 × 2.0 × 0.4

4

2

16

1.5

5

2.0 × 1.7 × 0.3

5

3

6

3.5

5

2.5 × 2.0 × 0.3

6

3

8

3.5

13

3.0 × 2.5 × 0.5

7

4

3,4,5

4.5

16

3.2 × 2.6 × 0.4

8

4

7

4.5

15

2.5 × 2.5 × 0.5

9

5

13

7.5

20

3.0 × 3.0 × 1.0

10

6

14

9.0

28

3.5 × 3.0 × 1.0

11

7

9

10.5

32

5.1 × 3.2 × 1.1