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. 2022 Feb 8;62:103–113. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2022.02.004

Table 2.

Surgical data for all methods of breast tumour localization.

Intervention (Number of Trials) Number (%) Positive margins (%) Reoperation rates (%) Operation Time in minutes (SD) Complications (%) Haematoma (%) Seroma (%) SSI (%)
WGL (24) 2045 (48.3%) 411 (20.1%) 239/1379 (17.3%) 42.1 (13.2) 59/842 (7.0%) 11/594 (1.9%) 14/511 (2.7%) 20/522 (3.8%)
USG (3) 316 (7.5%) 17 (5.4%) 14/289 (4.8%) 73.0 (17.5)
ROLL (10) 640 (15.1%) 110 (17.2%) 37/379 (9.8%) 28.0 (9.7) 24/478 (4.6%) 11/384 (2.9%) 7/283 (2.5%) 13/387 (3.4%)
RSL (6) 845 (20.0%) 99 (11.7%) 71/689 (10.3%) 19.0 (9.0) 31/359 (8.6%) 6/163 (3.7%) 5/207 (2.4%) 6/207 (2.9%)
ML (1) 32 (0.8%) 2 (6.3%) 1/32 (3.1%) 54.0 (14) 4/32 (12.5%) 1/32 (3.1%) 2/32 (6.3%) 1/32 (3.1%)
IL (1) 32 (0.8%) 4 (12.5%) 31.0 (5.0)
CAL (1) 206 (4.9%) 58 (28.2%) 39/206 (18.9%) 31.0
AGL (1) 52 (1.2%) 5 (9.6%) 5/52 (9.6%) 9.7
SMRI (1) 68 (1.6%) 8 (11.8%) 8/68 (11.8%)
Total (24) 4236 (100.0%) 714 (16.9%) 409/2870 (14.3%) Mean: 38.4 (12.3) 116/1711 (6.8%) 25/1217 (2.1%) 28/1033 (2.7%) 40/1226 (3.3%)

SD; standard deviation, SSI; surgical site infection, WGL; wire-guided localization, USGL; ultrasound-guided localization, ROLL; radio-guided occult lesion localization, RSL; radioactive seed localization, ML; magnetic-marker localization, IL; indocyanine green fluorescence-guided lumpectomy, CAL; cryo-assisted localization, AGL; anchor-guided localization, SMRI; intraoperative supine magnetic resonance imaging.