Table 2.
Radiologic and clinical follow-up after 6 months
| Characteristics before ultrasound-guided VAE | 6 months ultrasound follow-up | 6 months Clinical follow-up | ||||||||
| Complete excision (n = 103) | Residual lesion (n = 40) | p-value |
Asymptomatic (n = 126) |
Symptomatic (n = 17) |
p-value | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age (years) | 36.84 | (10.48) | 35.10 | (11.89) | 0.198 | 36.3 | (10.48) | 36.8 | (11.89) | 0.997 |
| Ultrasound | ||||||||||
| Maximun size (mm) | 16.85 | (6.19) | 21.85 | (7.68) | <0.001 | 17.58 | (6.19) | 23.19 | (7.68) | 0.014 |
| Volumen (cm3) | 1.53 | (1.30) | 3.39 | (4.49) | <0.001 | 1.68 | (1.30) | 4.59 | (4.49) | 0.016 |
| Distance to skin (mm) | 6.38 | (7.46) | 6.05 | (6.26) | 0.344 | 6.60 | (7.46) | 3.96 | (6.26) | 0.025 |
| Distance to pectoral (mm) | 6.07 | (6.10) | 6.64 | (6.14) | 0.864 | 6.21 | (6.10) | 6.34 | (6.14) | 0.898 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Clasification by size | ||||||||||
| <16 mm | 40 | (87.0) | 6 | (13.0) | 0.003 | 44 | (95.6) | 2 | (4.4) | 0.042 |
| 16–25 mm | 57 | (68.7) | 26 | (31.3) | 72 | (86.8) | 11 | (13.2) | ||
| >25 mm | 6 | (42.9) | 8 | (57.1) | 10 | (71.4) | 4 | (28.6) | ||
| Palpable lump (by surgeon) | ||||||||||
| No | 10 | (71.4) | 4 | (28.6) | 1.000 | 11 | (78.6) | 3 | (21.4) | 0.378 |
| Yes | 93 | (72.1) | 36 | (27.9) | 115 | (89.2) | 14 | (10.8) | 0.998 | |
| Mamographic density (ACR) | ||||||||||
| A | 1 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.534 | 1 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.488 |
| B | 26 | (76.5) | 8 | (23.5) | 29 | (85.3) | 5 | (14.7) | ||
| C | 41 | (73.2) | 15 | (26.8) | 52 | (92.9) | 4 | (7.1) | ||
| D | 16 | (59.3) | 11 | (40.7) | 22 | (81.5) | 5 | (18.5) | ||
| Without mammography | 19 | (76.0) | 6 | (24.0) | 22 | (88.0) | 3 | (12.0) | ||
ACR, American College of Radiology; SD, standard deviation;VAE, vacuum-assisted excision.