BMC Research Notes (Mar 2010)

Volume of blood suctioned during vacuum-assisted breast biopsy predicts later hematoma formation

  • Panopoulou Effrosyni,
  • Flessas Ioannis,
  • Safioleas Panagiotis,
  • Michalopoulos Nikolaos V,
  • Giannakopoulou Georgia,
  • Chrysikos Dimosthenis,
  • Domeyer Philip,
  • Sergentanis Theodoros N,
  • Zagouri Flora,
  • Bletsa Garifallia,
  • Zografos George C

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-70
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 70

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Abstract Background To evaluate whether the volume of blood suctioned during vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) is associated with hematoma formation and progression, patient's age and histology of the lesion. Findings 177 women underwent VABB according to standardized protocol. The volume of blood suctioned and hematoma formation were noted at the end of the procedure, as did the subsequent development and progression of hematoma. First- and second-order logistic regression was performed, where appropriate. Cases with hematoma presented with greater volume of blood suctioned (63.8 ± 44.7 cc vs. 17.2 ± 32.9 cc; p Conclusion The likelihood of hematoma is increasing along with increasing amount of blood suctioned, reaching a plateau approximately at 80 cc of blood lost.