TABLE 3

Results for Identified and Removed SNs and LNs: Surgery

ParameterAll patients (n = 25)Hybrid-tracer group (n = 15)Free-ICG group (n = 10)
Resected SNs1145856
SNs removed under  fluorescence guidance73 (64.0%)44 (75.9%)29 (51.8%)
SNs per patient4.6 (SD, 3.0)3.8 (SD, 2.0)5.6 (SD, 3.8)
Fluorescent SNs removed  inside ePLND template56 (79.5%)34 (77.3%)22 (75.9%)
 Externa iliac20128
 Internal iliac1174
 Obturator fossa251510
Fluorescent SNs removed  outside ePLND template17 (23.3%)10 (29.4%)7 (24.1%)
 Common iliac220
 Marcille000
 Cloquet000
 Pararectal505
 Presacral202
 Umbilical ligament880
 Aorta bifurcation000
 Undefined000
SNs resected during eLNPD22 (19.3%)7 (12.1%)15 (26.8%)
SNs identified after unmasking of SPECT18 (15.8%)6 (10.3%)12 (21.4%)
SNs removed after unmasking11
SNs not removed after unmasking17710
Location
 Inside ePLND template (internal iliac)321
 Outside ePLND template
  Common iliac431
  Pararectal826
  Inguinal22
Non-SNs removed under fluorescence  guidance21813
Ex vivo imaging
 SNs that were fluorescent but  not radioactive14014
 Patients7 (28%)0 (0%)7 (70%)
  • Data are numbers.