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. 2021 Jun 18;32(1):613–620. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08117-z

Table 2.

Studies and procedures performed per visit during the COVID-19 pandemic, and one year prior during the pre-pandemic times

Imaging studies/biopsies Pandemic Pre-pandemic
1st visit (n = 145) 2nd visit (n = 52) 3rd visit (n = 11) 4th visit (n = 1) 1st visit (n = 82) 2nd visit (n = 62) 3rd visit (n = 13) 4th visit (n = 4) 5th visit (n = 2)
Bilateral mammogram 19 (13.1%) 0 0 0 52 (63.4%) 0 0 0 0
Unilateral mammogram 56 (38.6%) 0 0 0 10 (12.2%) 0 0 0 0
Compression views 6 (4.1%) 13 (25%) 0 0 1 (1.2%) 19 (30.6%) 1 (7.7%) 0 0
Magnification views 7 (4.8%) 6 (11.5%) 0 0 4 (4.9%) 10 (16.1%) 0 0 0
Bilateral ultrasound 8 (5.5%) 0 0 0 8 (9.8%) 0 0 0 0
Unilateral ultrasound 37 (25.5%) 12 (23.1%) 2 (18.2%) 0 3 (3.7%) 22 (35.5%) 6 (46.2%) 0 0
MRI 0 3 (5.8%) 1 (9.1%) 0 0 4 (6.5%) 1 (7.7%) 2 (50.0%) 0
Stereotaxic-guided core biopsy 1 (0.7%) 5 (9.6%) 3 (27.3%) 0 1 (1.2%) 4 (6.5%) 3 (23.1%) 1 (25.0%) 0
Ultrasound-guided core biopsy 9 (6.2%) 11 (21.2%) 3 (27.3%) 0 3 (3.7%) 3 (4.8%) 2 (15.4%) 1 (25.0%) 0
Ultrasound-guided FNA 2 (3.8%) 2 (3.8%) 2 (18.2%) 0 0 0 0 0 0
MRI-guided core biopsy 0 0 0 1 (100%) 0 0 0 0 2 (100%)