Parameter | All patients (n = 25) | Hybrid-tracer group (n = 15) | Free-ICG group (n = 10) |
Resected SNs | 114 | 58 | 56 |
SNs removed under fluorescence guidance | 73 (64.0%) | 44 (75.9%) | 29 (51.8%) |
SNs per patient | 4.6 (SD, 3.0) | 3.8 (SD, 2.0) | 5.6 (SD, 3.8) |
Fluorescent SNs removed inside ePLND template | 56 (79.5%) | 34 (77.3%) | 22 (75.9%) |
Externa iliac | 20 | 12 | 8 |
Internal iliac | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Obturator fossa | 25 | 15 | 10 |
Fluorescent SNs removed outside ePLND template | 17 (23.3%) | 10 (29.4%) | 7 (24.1%) |
Common iliac | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Marcille | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cloquet | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pararectal | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Presacral | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Umbilical ligament | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Aorta bifurcation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Undefined | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SNs resected during eLNPD | 22 (19.3%) | 7 (12.1%) | 15 (26.8%) |
SNs identified after unmasking of SPECT | 18 (15.8%) | 6 (10.3%) | 12 (21.4%) |
SNs removed after unmasking | 1 | — | 1 |
SNs not removed after unmasking | 17 | 7 | 10 |
Location | |||
Inside ePLND template (internal iliac) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Outside ePLND template | |||
Common iliac | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Pararectal | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Inguinal | 2 | — | 2 |
Non-SNs removed under fluorescence guidance | 21 | 8 | 13 |
Ex vivo imaging | |||
SNs that were fluorescent but not radioactive | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Patients | 7 (28%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (70%) |
Data are numbers.