Ultrasound-guided percutaneous insertion of small vascular surgical clips versus dedicated breast mammoclips as markers for breast cancer prior to neo-adjuvant therapy: a prospective randomized controlled trial

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 Comparison between the two groups regarding duration and complications

	Group I (Surgical clips) (n = 80)	Group II (Commercial clips) (n = 80)	P value
Duration of the technique (minutes)
mean ± SD	9.10 ± 2.67	5.44 ± 1.09	< 0.001
Complications of clips application
Non-deployment n (%)
No	74 (48.4%)	79 (51.6%)	0.053
Yes	6 (85.6%)	1(14.3%)	0.053
Mal-deployment n (%)
No	76 (49.4%)	78 (50.6%)	0.405
Yes	4 (66.7%)	2 (33.3%)	0.405
Hemorrhage n (%)
No	77 (50.0%)	77 (50.0%)	1.000
Yes	2 (50.0%)	2 (50.0%)	1.000