Stereotactic vs open biopsy for non-palpable breast lesions. Their impact on short term quality of life.

Stereotactic biopsy and open biopsy represent useful diagnostic tools of breast lesions. However, both affect the Quality of Life (QoL) in various degrees. We conducted this prospective longitudinal comparative study in order, first to access the impact of these techniques on short-term QoL and second to compare and critically discuss our results with those of literature review.