Bracketing wires for preoperative breast needle localization
Academic Article
Overview
MeSH Major
Biopsy
Breast Neoplasms
Mammography
Mastectomy, Segmental
abstract
Bracketing wires were used during preoperative needle localization primarily for larger calcific lesions that were proven cancers or were highly suggestive of malignancy (BI-RADS category 5). Bracketing wires may assist the surgeon in achieving complete excision of calcifications, but bracketing wires do not ensure clear histologic margins of resection.
