کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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6169526 | 1599352 | 2016 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- Breast volume is a key metric in surgery, a knowledge of accuracy is important.
- Errors lower than 10% are possible but uncertainty greater than ±200 ml is common.
- MRI and CT scanning perform best but have high costs and problems with routine use.
- Further study is required to establish a proper standard.
Breast volume is a key metric in breast surgery and there are a number of different methods which measure it. However, a lack of knowledge regarding a method's accuracy and comparability has made it difficult to establish a clinical standard. We have performed a systematic review of the literature to examine the various techniques for measurement of breast volume and to assess their accuracy and usefulness in clinical practice. Each of the fifteen studies we identified had more than ten live participants and assessed volume measurement accuracy using a gold-standard based on the volume, or mass, of a mastectomy specimen. Many of the studies from this review report large (>200Â ml) uncertainty in breast volume and many fail to assess measurement accuracy using appropriate statistical tools. Of the methods assessed, MRI scanning consistently demonstrated the highest accuracy with three studies reporting errors lower than 10% for small (250Â ml), medium (500Â ml) and large (1000Â ml) breasts. However, as a high-cost, non-routine assessment other methods may be more appropriate.
Journal: The Breast - Volume 28, August 2016, Pages 121-129