Table 3.
Differences in tumor and procedure characteristics discriminated by radiologists
| Benign lesion treated by ultrasound-guided VAE | Radiologist 1 | Radiologist 2 | Radiologist 3 | p-value | |||
| (n = 55) | (n = 35) | (n = 32) | |||||
| Mean | Range | Mean | Range | Mean | Range | ||
| Size (mm) | 17.5 | (4.0–35.0) | 19.1 | (7.0–45.0) | 17.3 | (6.0–34.0) | 0.576 |
| Volume (cm3) | 1.7 | (0.03–10.0) | 2.71 | (0.09–27.3) | 1.9 | (0.07–6.6) | 0.407 |
| Distance to skin (mm) | 5.6 | (1.0–20.0) | 4.3 | (1.0–14.0) | 5.9 | (1.5–15.0) | 0.111 |
| Distance to pectoralis (mm) | 7.2 | (1.0–30.0) | 5.3 | (0.0–22.0) | 4.6 | (1.0–9.0) | 0.010 |
| VAB cores number | 25 | (2–126) | 25 | (2–136) | 23 | (6–86) | 0.911 |
| VAB time (min) | 12.6 | (2–35) | 16.4 | (2–60) | 19.5 | (7–50) | <0.001 |
| Haematic colection at 24 h (mm) | 17.6 | (0.0–73.0) | 15.1 | (0.0–40.0) | 16.3 | (7.0–25.0) | 0.546 |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Complete excision at 24 h | 49 | (87.5) | 31 | (88.6) | 30 | (93.8) | 0.699 |
| Complete excision at 6 monthsa | 31 | (60.8) | 27 | (79.4) | 27 | (90.0) | 0.004 |
| Clinically asymptomatic at 6 monthsa | 41 | (80.4) | 30 | (88.2) | 29 | (96.7) | 0.019 |
VAE, vacuum-assisted excision.
p bold are statistically significant.
a
Radiologist 1 (n = 52), Radiologist 2 (n = 34), Radiologist 3 (n = 30).