Vacuum aspiration biopsy: evolution of the method, prevention of hemorrhagic complications

In Russia, more than 70,000 new cases of breast cancer are registered annually. Vacuum aspiration biopsy (VAB) is a minimally invasive method for diagnosing the genesis of focal breast pathology, which is also used for therapeutic purposes for the complete removal of benign neoplasms. High efficiency and favorable clinical outcomes have allowed VAB to gain wide popularity in clinical practice, due to which the method has been widely developed. However, like any surgical intervention, the VAB procedure may be accompanied by complications, the main share of which are hemorrhagic. Generalization and systematization of information on the development of the VAB technique, prevalence and risk factors of complications, as well as methods of their prevention and timely elimination. Scientific publications cited in this literature review were selected from the Pubmed database of medical and biological publications (National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), USA), the Clinical Key database (Elsevier Corporation, the Netherlands), Web of Science Citation Indexing Database (Clarivate, USA), Google Scholar (CIF), and the scientific electronic library elibrary.ru (Russia). The information presented in the article can become a theoretical basis for future research aimed at increasing safety, further development and improvement of the VAB technique.