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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 Correlation between occurrence of hematoma & ecchymosis and pain experienced during and after procedure

From: Ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted excision biopsy in breast fibroadenomas: an Egyptian center experience

 

Ecchymosis and hematoma

Yes

No

P value

Count

%

Count

%

Pain during procedure

     

No

0

0.0

8

40.0

*0.049

Mild

6

66.7

10

50.0

 

Moderate

3

33.3

2

10.0

 

Pain after procedure

     

No pain

5

55.6

17

85.0

0.193

Mild

1

11.1

1

5.0

 

Moderate

2

22.2

2

10.0

 

Severe

1

11.1

0

0.0

 
  1. The correlation between hematoma development was clinically significantly related to occurrence of pain intra-procedural, although there was not significant difference between hematoma and post-procedural pain, which may be attributed to that most hematomas were small in size and we allowed our patients to take post-procedural mild analgesics as paracetamol
  2. *P value < 0.005 denoted statistical significance
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