Does lateral arm technique decrease the rate of clip migration in stereotactic and tomosynthesis-guided biopsies?

Insights into Imaging

Table 1 Nine cases with failed biopsy attempts with initial technique

Cases and their characteristics	Initial technique	Back-up technique	Result
Limited visualization of amorphous microcalcifications	LABA	CBA	Failure
Subcutaneous microcalcifications	Not amenable to CBA	LABA	Success
Subcutaneous microcalcifications	Not amenable to CBA	LABA	Success
Multiple superficial blood vessels	LABA	CBA	Success
Thin breast with tissue rotation/displacement by the needle	LABA	CBA	Success
Posterior and lateral location of the target	LABA	CBA	Success
Non-visualization of microcalcifications	CBA	N/A	Failure
Non-visualization of microcalcifications	CBA	N/A	Failure
Non-visualization of microcalcifications	CBA	N/A	Failure

Bold denotes failure, italics denotes success. Three CBA cases were not converted to LABA and remained categorized as failure