Investigating the Effectiveness of Using Surgical Clips to Mark Biopsied Breast Masses

Background: The present study was designed with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of using surgical clips to mark biopsied breast masses. Methods: This study was a semi-experimental study in which the statistical population included all the breast cancer patients who referred to Golestan Hospital for marker testing. A checklist including the variables examined and patient information (such as age, location of lesion, size of lesion, ultrasound findings, mammography findings, history of snake bites, received or not received chemotherapy, response rate to treatment, type of marker used, number of markers used, cabling requirements, operation results) was collected and finally analyzed. Results: In this study, 42 women with a mean age of 48.29±9.56 years were examined. 22 cases of masses were in the left breast. According to the size results, 35.7% (15) of the masses in the first dimension were between 11 and 20 mm and 31.0% (13) were between 21 and 30 mm and in the second dimension 45.2% (19) of the masses were between 21-30 mm and 28.6% (12) were between 11 and 20 mm. In the present study, the results of mammography after surgery showed that all the markers were placed in the correct location, 100% (42) and 71.8% (30) of the markers used were metal and 28.6% (12) were made of titanium metal. One marker was used in 59.5% (25) of the patients and two markers were used in 21.4% (9) of the patients. Conclusion: This success and effectiveness is due to the innovations used in this study in the shape of the marker and its entry, and it is hoped that the results of this study will be used for better localization of the tumor.