Intraoperative ultrasound in breast cancer surgery—from localization of non-palpable tumors to objectively measurable excision

Table 1 Identification rate of a non-palpable breast lesion by IOUS and WGL

Author	Type of the study	IOUS				WGL
Author	Type of the study	N^o of patients	N^o of operations	N^o of ident. tumors	Ident. rate (%)	N^o of patients	N^o of operations	N^o of ident. tumors	Ident. rate (%)
Rahusen	prosp	19	20	20	100	43	43	43	100
Snider	retro	22	22	22	100	22	22	22	100
Harlow	retro	62	65	65	100	nd	nd	nd	nd
Smith	retro	81	81	81	100	nd	nd	nd	nd
Rahusen 2	prosp	27	27	27	100	22	22	22	100
Kaufman	prosp	100	101	101	100	nd	nd	nd	nd
Gittleman	retro	15	15	15	100	nd	nd	nd	nd
Beneth	prosp	103	115	115	100	24	24	24	100
Haid	retro	299	299	299	100	61	61	61	100
Potter	retro	32	32	32	100	nd	nd	nd	nd
Ngo	prosp	70	70	67	96	nd	nd	nd	nd
Fortunato	prosp	77	77	77	100	nd	nd	nd	nd
James	retro	96	96	96	100	59	59	59	100
Bouton	retro	28	28	28	100	nd	nd	nd	nd
Berentz	prosp	120	120	120	100	138	138	138	100
Ramos	retro	225	225	224	99	nd	nd	nd	nd

IOUS Intraoperative ultrasound, WGL wire-guided localization, nd no data, N^o number, ident identified, ident. rate identification rate

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