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Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases
BACKGROUND: To compare breast volume measurement techniques in terms of accuracy, convenience, and cost. METHODS: Breast volumes of 30 patients who were scheduled to undergo total mastectomy surgery were measured preoperatively by using five different methods (mammography, anatomic [anthropometric],...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494401 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/BCBCR.S6128 |
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author | Kayar, Ragip Civelek, Serdar Cobanoglu, Murat Gungor, Osman Catal, Hidayet Emiroglu, Mustafa |
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description | BACKGROUND: To compare breast volume measurement techniques in terms of accuracy, convenience, and cost. METHODS: Breast volumes of 30 patients who were scheduled to undergo total mastectomy surgery were measured preoperatively by using five different methods (mammography, anatomic [anthropometric], thermoplastic casting, the Archimedes procedure, and the Grossman-Roudner device). Specimen volume after total mastectomy was measured in each patient with the water displacement method (Archimedes). The results were compared statistically with the values obtained by the five different methods. RESULTS: The mean mastectomy specimen volume was 623.5 (range 150–1490) mL. The breast volume values were established to be 615.7 mL (r = 0.997) with the mammographic method, 645.4 mL (r = 0.975) with the anthropometric method, 565.8 mL (r = 0.934) with the Grossman-Roudner device, 583.2 mL (r = 0.989) with the Archimedes procedure, and 544.7 mL (r = 0.94) with the casting technique. Examination of r values revealed that the most accurate method was mammography for all volume ranges, followed by the Archimedes method. CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that the most accurate method of breast volume measurement is mammography, followed by the Archimedes method. However, when patient comfort, ease of application, and cost were taken into consideration, the Grossman-Roudner device and anatomic measurement were relatively less expensive, and easier methods with an acceptable degree of accuracy. |
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spelling | pubmed-30760102011-04-14 Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases Kayar, Ragip Civelek, Serdar Cobanoglu, Murat Gungor, Osman Catal, Hidayet Emiroglu, Mustafa Breast Cancer (Auckl) Original Research BACKGROUND: To compare breast volume measurement techniques in terms of accuracy, convenience, and cost. METHODS: Breast volumes of 30 patients who were scheduled to undergo total mastectomy surgery were measured preoperatively by using five different methods (mammography, anatomic [anthropometric], thermoplastic casting, the Archimedes procedure, and the Grossman-Roudner device). Specimen volume after total mastectomy was measured in each patient with the water displacement method (Archimedes). The results were compared statistically with the values obtained by the five different methods. RESULTS: The mean mastectomy specimen volume was 623.5 (range 150–1490) mL. The breast volume values were established to be 615.7 mL (r = 0.997) with the mammographic method, 645.4 mL (r = 0.975) with the anthropometric method, 565.8 mL (r = 0.934) with the Grossman-Roudner device, 583.2 mL (r = 0.989) with the Archimedes procedure, and 544.7 mL (r = 0.94) with the casting technique. Examination of r values revealed that the most accurate method was mammography for all volume ranges, followed by the Archimedes method. CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that the most accurate method of breast volume measurement is mammography, followed by the Archimedes method. However, when patient comfort, ease of application, and cost were taken into consideration, the Grossman-Roudner device and anatomic measurement were relatively less expensive, and easier methods with an acceptable degree of accuracy. Libertas Academica 2011-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3076010/ /pubmed/21494401 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/BCBCR.S6128 Text en © the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open access article. Unrestricted non-commercial use is permitted provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Kayar, Ragip Civelek, Serdar Cobanoglu, Murat Gungor, Osman Catal, Hidayet Emiroglu, Mustafa Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases |
title | Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases |
title_full | Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases |
title_fullStr | Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases |
title_short | Five Methods of Breast Volume Measurement: A Comparative Study of Measurements of Specimen Volume in 30 Mastectomy Cases |
title_sort | five methods of breast volume measurement: a comparative study of measurements of specimen volume in 30 mastectomy cases |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076010/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494401 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/BCBCR.S6128 |
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