Using the intraoperative hand held probe without lymphoscintigraphy or using only dye correlates with higher sensory morbidity following sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: A review of the literature

Table 1 Studies with data on sensory morbidity and sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer (ref 1-20).

Reference	Year	Journal	Country	Sample Size	Design	Lymphoscintigraphy	Mean Length of Follow-up
Schrenk P et al.(1)	2000	Cancer	Austria	35	Prospective	Used	15.4 M
Roumen RM et al.(2)	2001	Br J Surg	Netherlands	100	Prospective	Used	24 M
Burak WE et al.(3)	2002	Am J Surg	USA	48	Prospective	Not Used	15.4 M
Haid A et al.(4)	2002	Breast Ca Res T	Austria	57	Retrospective	Used	18 M
Temple LK et al.(5)	2002	Ann Surg Oncol	USA	171	Prospective	Used	3 M, 6 M, 12 M
Swenson KK et al.(6)	2002	Ann Surg Oncol	USA	169	Prospective	Not Used	1 M, 6 M, 12 M
Haid A et al.(7)	2002	Eur J Surg Ocol	Austria	66	Prospective	Used	Not specified
Leidenius M et al.(8)	2003	Am J Surg	Finland	49	Prospective	Used	2 W
Schijven MP et al.(9)	2003	Eur J Surg Oncol	Netherlands	180	Retrospective	Used	12 M
Blanchard DK et al.(10)	2003	Arch Surg	USA	685	Prospective	Used	2.4 Y
Veronesi U et al.(11)	2003	N Engl J Med	Italy	100	Prospective	Used	6 M, 24 M
Rietman JS et al.(12)	2003	Cancer	Netherlands	66	Prospective	Used*	6 W
Peintinger F et al.(13)	2003	Br J Cancer	Austria	25	Prospective	Used	1 W, 9–12 M
Baron RH et al.(14)	2004	Oncol Nurs Forum	USA	197	Prospective	Used	24 M
Armer J et al.(15)	2004	Lymphololgy	USA	9	Retrospective	Used	9 M
Ronka RH et al.(16)	2004	Acta Oncol	Finland	57	Prospective	Used	12.6 M
Rietman JS et al.(17)	2004	Ann Surg Oncol	Netherlands	66	Prospective	Used*	12 M
Langer S et al.(18)	2004	Am Surg	USA	40	Retrospective	Not Used	51 M
Luini A et al.(19)	2005	Breast Ca Res T	Italy	244	Prospective	Used	6–12 M
Ronka RH et al.(20)	2005	Breast	Finland	43	Prospective	Used	12 M

*Use/method of lymphoscintigraphy unclear, radiotracer used as backup method of finding sentinel node compared to primary dye based technique.

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