What are the benefits of the ABBI* procedure over core needle biopsy?
Removes entire specimen. For an accurate biopsy, the core needle technique requires the surgeon to insert a needle several times to remove a series of small tissue samples. In contrast, with the ABBI* procedure, the surgeon inserts the instrument only once to remove the entire specimen. Reduced potential for additional surgery. If a core needle biopsy is malignant, another operation is needed to remove the remainder of the lesion. With the ABBI* procedure, if cancer is found, but a margin of tissue surrounding the specimen is “clean,” it is up to the clinical judgment of the surgeon to decide whether further surgical intervention is needed.
