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Table 3 Management of lymph node dissection after injection of blue dye for sentinel lymph node dissection

From: Endometrial cancer—how many patients could benefit from sentinel lymph node dissection?

 

Low risk

Intermediate risk

High-intermediate risk

High risk

Sum

 

n

n

n

n

 

SLN detection failed on both sides

7

 

4

 

0

 

4

 

15

 

 No further dissection

 

7

 

1

   

0

 

8

 Pelvic LND

 

0

 

0

   

0

 

0

 Pelvic and para-aortic LND

 

0

 

3

   

4

 

7

SLN detection failed on one side

13

 

3

 

5

 

6

 

27

 

 No further dissection

 

6

 

0

 

0

 

2

 

8

 Pelvic LND

 

7

 

2

 

3

 

0

 

12

 Pelvic and para-aortic LND

 

0

 

1

 

2

 

4

 

7

SLN detection successful on both sides

33

 

18

 

8

 

8

 

67

 

 No further dissection

 

33

 

11

 

6

 

1

 

51

 Pelvic LND

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 Pelvic and para-aortic LND

 

0

 

7

 

2

 

7

 

16

Sum

53

 

25

 

13

 

18

  

109

  1. SLN sentinel lymph node, LND lymph node dissection