[The effects of sonography on breast diagnosis--a 10-year retrospective (1977-1987)]

According to the general development in breast diagnosis the positions of the single modalities are described by showing the development of breast diagnosis at the X-ray department of the UFK Marburg. In this context special emphasis is placed on ultrasound mammography and its clinical application at the UFK Marburg during the past 10 years. Automated water coupling and hand held real-time ultrasound are compared with another and the effects of ultrasound mammography on invasive breast diagnostic modalities and on breast surgery are pointed out by means of statistical results.