SCOUT® LOCALIZATION PLACEMENT SCOUT – IMPROVING BREAST SURGERY When a mammogram or other breast imaging test reveals a tumor that can’t be felt manually, SCOUT® wire-free radar localization provides leading-edge technology to mark the area for lumpectomy or surgical biopsy. SCOUT is a tiny rice-sized implant that your RAO breast specialist places at the tumor site to guide your surgeon directly to the area(s) being treated, for unparalleled accuracy. Unlike wire localization, SCOUT can be inserted a day or more before surgery to avoid scheduling conflicts, which can delay treatment. WHERE IS SCOUT OFFERED? RAO offers SCOUT placement at our Women’s Imaging Center. All SCOUT surgeries are performed at AdventHealth Ocala, a trusted partner. WHAT TO EXPECT After numbing your skin with a local anesthetic, your RAO radiologist will use mammography or ultrasound imaging to insert the SCOUT implant into the area requiring treatment. Once it has been placed, you won’t feel the implant and can resume normal activities. On the day of surgery, your surgeon will scan the affected breast with a specialized radiation-free radar signal to locate the implant, enabling accurate tissue removal. SCOUT-ing Out New Ways to Improve Breast Surgery For decades, wire localization has been the preferred method for radiologists to mark a non-palpable tumor identified on a mammogram and/or breast ultrasound. In this procedure, wire markers are used to guide a surgeon to the tumor so they may perform breast-conserving therapy (BCT) such as a lumpectomy to remove a tumor while preserving healthy breast tissue, instead of removing the entire breast (mastectomy). Read More → Quick Links: RAO’s Women’s Imaging Center is an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence PACS Radiology Associates of Ocala P.O. Box 6200 • Ocala, FL 34478-6200 Scheduling: 352-671-4300 - Fax: (352) 732-8010 For scheduling inquiries please email webappointments@raocala.com. For general inquiries please email info@raocala.com. © 2008 - 2020 Radiology Associates of Ocala | All Rights Reserved Accessibility | COVID Safety