Radiopaque tissue transfer and X-ray system versus standard specimen radiography for intraoperative margin assessment in breast-conserving surgery: randomized clinical trial.
Stachs A, Bollmann J, Martin A, Stubert J, Reimer T, Gerber B et al.
BJS Open 2022; 6: zrac091.
The new radiology technique did not reduce the risk of positive resection margins (31.7 versus 26.3 per cent, P=0.127) in this study that included 122 procedures.
Comment: No benefit.
24 November 2022
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