ASO Author Reflections: Is the Era of Blind Breast Surgery Coming to an End? IOUS (Intra-Operative Ultrasound-guided Surgery)

Affiliations

¹ Breast Surgery Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Padua, Italy. massimoferrucci@gmail.com.
² General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
³ Breast Surgery Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Padua, Italy.

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Massimo Ferrucci et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;30(10):6217-6218.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14007-z. Epub 2023 Aug 2.

¹ Breast Surgery Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Padua, Italy. massimoferrucci@gmail.com.
² General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
³ Breast Surgery Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Padua, Italy.

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Intraoperative Ultrasound-Guided Conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer: No More Time for Blind Surgery.
Ferrucci M, Milardi F, Passeri D, Mpungu LF, Francavilla A, Cagol M, Saibene T, Michieletto S, Toffanin M, Del Bianco P, Grossi U, Marchet A. Ferrucci M, et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Oct;30(10):6201-6214. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13900-x. Epub 2023 Aug 22. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023. PMID: 37606837 Clinical Trial.

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