TABLE 1.

Patient Characteristics and Results

Patient no.	Age (y)	Location	Drainage	SN harvested	Time (min)^*	Pathology
Melanoma
1	50	Parietal	Occipital/retro-SCM	2 occipital, 1 retro-SCM	10	Negative
2	45	Right lower limb	Popliteal/inguinal	1 popliteal, 1 inguinal	6	Inguinal positive
3	71	Nose	Submandibular	2 left submandibular, 2 right submandibular	10	Negative
4	36	Frontal	Parotid	2 parotid, 1 preauricular, 1 SCM	10	Negative
5	65	Facial	Submandibular	1 submandibular	5	Negative
Breast cancer
6	43	Right upper outer	AX/IM	1 AX, 1 IM	10	IM positive
7	66	Left central lower	AX/IMC	1 AX, 1 IMC	10	Negative
8	47	Right upper inner	AX/IMC	2 AX, 2 IMC	20	Negative
9	63	Left upper innner	AX/IM	1 AX, 1 IM	7	AX positive
10	47	Right upper inner	AX/IMC	1 AX, 1 IMC	12	Negative
11	53	Left upper inner	IMC	1 IMC	10	Negative
12	52	Right lower outer	AX/IMC	2 AX, 1 IMC	10	Negative
13	49	Left central inner	AX	2 AX	7	AX positive^†
14	56	Left upper inner	AX/IMC	2 AX, 2 IMC	14	Negative
Gynecologic
15	43	Cervix	Left pelvic	1 external iliac	4	Negative
16	33	Cervix	Bilateral pelvic	1 right hypogastric, 1 left external iliac	7	Negative
17	69	Endometrium	Right pelvic	1 obturator, 1 iliac	10	Obturator positive
18	37	Cervix	Right pelvic	1 obturator, 1 parametrial	10	Obturator positive
19	66	Vulva (labia majora)	Bilateral inguinal	2 right inguinal, 2 left obturator	5	Negative
20	34	Endometrium	Right paraaortic	2 precaval	20	Negative

↵* Time to localize and excise sentinel node with γ-camera and counting probe.
↵† Only 1 of 2 sentinel nodes was positive.
AX = axilla; SCM = sternocleidomastoid muscle; IM = intramammary; IMC = inner mammary chain; SN = sentinel lymph node.