Table 2.
Overall, medical and non-medical complications during vacuum-assisted biopsies (VABs) performed under the guidance of MRI, a stereotactic table, a stereotactic upright device and ultrasound
| Complications | VAB procedure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRI (n = 544) | Stereotactic | Ultrasound (n = 2,570) | ||
| Stereotactic table (n = 5,308) | Upright device (n = 544) | |||
| Overall | 44 (8 %) | 328 (6 %) | 26 (5 %) | 113 (4 %) |
| Total medical | 38 (7 %) | 252 (4.7 %) | 20 (3.7 %) | 102 (4.0 %) |
| Haemorrhage without open revision | 38 (7 %) | 245 (4.6 %) | 19 (3.5 %) | 98 (3.8 %) |
| Haemorrhage with open revision | 0 (0 %) | 5 (0.1 %) | 1 (0.2 %) | 3 (0.1 %) |
| Infection | 0 (0 %) | 2 (0.04 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1 (0.04 %) |
| Total non-medical | 5 (1 %) | 70 (1.3 %) | 4 (0.7 %) | 11 (0.4 %) |
| Technical complications | 3 (0.6 %) | 33 (0.6 %) | 2 (0.4 %) | 9 (0.4 %) |
| Lesion missed | 2 (0.4 %) | 30 (0.6 %) | 2 (0.4 %) | 1 (0.04 %) |
| Inaccessible lesions | 0 (0 %) | 7 (0.1 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1 (0.04 %) |
| Combined (medical & non-medical) | 1 (0.2 %) | 6 (0.1 %) | 2 (0.2 %) | 0 (0 %) |