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Table 3 The differences between CE-SLNs and non-CE-SLNs in pathological state

From: Accuracy of CEUS-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer: a study review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

CE-SLN

nonCE-SLN

Median number of CE-SLN (n)

Median number of B/R-SLN (n)

Positive, n (%)

Negative, n (%)

Positive, n (%)

Negative, n (%)

Kenzo

2017

30 (20.1%)

119 (79.9%)

4 (6.5%)

58 (93.5%)

1

2

Kenzo

2019

14 (15.2%)

78 (84.8%)

3 (4.2%)

69 (95.8%)

1

2

Tomohiro

2019

11 (16.2%)

57 (83.8%)

1 (3.8%)

25 (96.2%)

1

2

Xie

2015

41 (35.7%)

74 (64.3%)

6 (3.8%)

150 (96.2%)

1

2

Zhong

2018

57 (34.8%)

107 (65.2%)

15 (4.9%)

294 (95.1%)

1

3

  1. CE-SLN sentinel lymph node that identified by contrast-enhanced ultrasound, nonCE-SLN sentinel lymph node that not identified by contrast-enhanced ultrasound, B/R-SLN sentinel lymph node that identified by blue dye/radionuclide method