Table 2 Complications during the marker implantation and detection, marker dislodgement, identification rate
From: Ideal marker for targeted axillary dissection (IMTAD): a prospective multicentre trial
Complications during implantation | Marker dislodgement | Complications during detection | IR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clip + iodine seed | 1 (0.7%) | 4 (3.0%) | 16 (11.9%) | 96.3% |
bleeding with the application of local haemostatics (1; 0.7%) | seed found dislocated in an adipose tissue (4; 3.0%) | clip not found peroperatively (10; 7,4%), seed migration (4; 3.0%), seed implanted in different lymph node then clip (2; 1.5%) | ||
Magseed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Carbon suspension | 1 (4.2%) | 0 | 2 (8.3%) | 100% |
application outside the lymph node (1; 4.2%) | difficult searching for a marked node (2; 8.3%) | |||
p value | 0.263 | 0.999 | 0.117 | 0.792 |