Table 7.

Interval breast-related patient follow-up variables.

	8-gauge	14-gauge	All cases	P-value
Did the patient return for any interval breast-related patient follow-up?				0.001
Yes	652 (90.1%)	681 (94.7%)	1333 (92.4%)
No	72 (9.9%)	38 (5.3%)	110 (7.6%)
Median duration to last interval breast-related patient follow-up visit for all patients in each group (months, range)	26.3 (0.4-101.5)	32.1 (0.3-113.2)	28.5 (0.3-113.2)	<0.001
Median duration to last interval breast-related patient follow-up visit for those patients in each group who had a benign biopsy result and who were not recommended for or requested having a subsequent immediate surgical excision (months, range)	24.6 (1.9-101.5)	24.4 (1.2-96.9)	24.5 (1.2-101.5)	0.034