BREAST CYST MICROWAVE ABLATION: EARLY TREATMENT RESULT ASSESSMENT IN BREAST UNIT OF CHO RAY HOSPITAL

Quang Khanh Huynh1,, Thanh Phat Nguyen2
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2 Surgical thoracic Unit, HCM medical pharmacological university

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Abstract

Background- Objective: Breast cyts is common in premenopausal women (61.5 %) in compare with menopause population (39.4%) and the most common age is 35 to 50. The treatment of breast cyst using microwave having a lot of advantages should be a considered method. Our objective is to evaluate the early result of breast cyst treatment with microwave in ultrasound guidance in breast unit of Cho Ray hospital.


Method: We prospective reviewed patients underwent breast cyst treatment using microwave ablation in Breasr unit of Cho Ray hospital Ho Chi Minh city from 08/2018 to 03/2020.


Result: 58 patients are reviewed. The average age is 45.3. Simple breast cyst, complicated breast cyst and complex breast cyst are 80%, 16.93 % and 3.07 % prospectively. The average diameter of ablated cysts is 23.86 mm. All of the patient has completely respondence after treatment, the decrease in size ratio has reach more than 90 % after 6 months. No complication is recorded in treatment process. There is one case, with calcification of cyst wall, do not respond with microwave ablation.


Conclusion: Microwave ablation procedure is the promising method for symtom breast cyst with high rate of success and low rate of complication. Breast cyst with calcificated wall should have careful assessment before the procedure.

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