Table 6.
Surgeon and technical factors associated with nodal mapping, identification and pathological analysis methodology.
| Sentinel node analysis | ||||||||
| Lead Author | Surgeon Experience sought | Multicentre | Laparoscopic resection (%) | Mapping agent used | Supplementay ex vivo identification | Mean/median No. of sentinel nodes (range) | Serial sectioning | Immunohist. or RT-PCR |
| Saha | No | No | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.6 (1 to 4) | Yes | No |
| Wiese | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.9 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Waters | No | No | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | ns | Yes | Yes |
| Bilchik | Yes | Yes | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2 (1 to 3) | Yes | Yes |
| Paramo | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.4 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Wood | No | No | 12 | Isosulfan blue 1% | Yes (10%) | 2 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Wood | No | No | 100 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2 (1 to 3) | Yes | Yes |
| Saha | No | Yes | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.7 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Esser | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.7 (0 to 5) | No | No |
| Bendavid | No | No | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 3.9 (0 to 5) | Yes | Yes |
| Paramo | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.6 (0 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Wood | No | No | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | Yes (15%) | 2 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Bilchik | No | No | 16 | Isosulfan blue 1% | Yes (11%) | 2 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Kitagawa | No | No | 0 | Techneticum | No | 3.5 (0 to 8) | No | No |
| Feig | No | Yes | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2.6 (0 to 7) | No | Yes |
| Broderick-Villa | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | Yes (23%) | 1.5 (0 to 5) | Yes | Yes |
| Tsioulias | No | No | 100 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.7 (1 to 3) | Yes | Yes |
| Nastro | No | No | 0 | Technetium and blue dye | No | ns | Yes | Yes |
| Bilchik | Yes | No | 23 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2 (1 to 3) | Yes | Yes |
| Cox | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | Yes (58%) | 6 (2 to 11) | Yes | Yes |
| Bilchik | Yes | No | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.75 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Turner | Yes | No | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 3 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Trocha | No | No | 0 | Technetium and blue dye | No | 2.5 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Veihl | No | Yes | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2 (1 to 8) | Yes | Yes |
| Levine | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 1.9 (1 to 6) | No | Yes |
| Saha | Yes | No | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2.1 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Dan | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan and fluorescein | No | 2.5 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Braat | No | No | ns | Patent Blue | Yes (57%) | 1.7 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Bertoglio | No | No | ns | Vital Blue | No | 2.9 (1 to 3) | Yes | No |
| Read | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2 (ns) | No | No |
| Patten | No | No | 0 | Technetium and patent blue | No | 3.5 (0 to 11) | Yes | Yes |
| Bertagnolli | No | Yes | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2.1 (ns) | Yes | No |
| Saha | No | No | 0 | Technetium and Isosulfan blue | No | 3 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Saha | No | Yes | 0 | Isosulfan, Technetium and fluorescein | No | 2 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Bembenek | No | No | 0 | Patent Blue | No | 2 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Codnignola | No | No | 0 | Patent Blue | No | 2.02 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Dahl | No | No | 0 | Patent Blue (with radioisotope in six) | Yes (6%) | 2.2 (0 to 6) | Yes | No |
| Bilchik | Yes | Yes | 15 | Isosulfan blue 1% | Yes (4%) | 3 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Tuech | Yes | No | ns | Patent Blue | Yes | 1.5 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Saha | Yes | Yes | ns | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2.2 (ns) | Yes | yes |
| Kelder | No | No | 0 | Patent Blue | No | 2.7 (1 to 4) | Yes | Yes |
| Thomas | No | No | 0 | Isosulfan blue 1% | No | 2.1 (1 to 5) | Yes | yes |
| Covarelli | No | No | 0 | Technetium and blue dye | No | 1.3 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Kelder | Yes | Yes | 0 | Patent Blue | No | 2,3 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Bianchi | No | No | 100 | Patent Blue | Yes (5%) | 2 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Murawa | No | No | 0 | Patent Blue | No | 1.6 (0 to 4) | No | Yes |
| Bembenek | No | Yes | 7 | Patent Blue | No | ns | Yes | Yes |
| Sandrucci | No | No | ns | Patent blue and technetium | No | 2.2 (ns) | Yes | No |
| Tiffet | No | No | 0 | Patent blue and technetium | No | 2.6 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Lim | No | No | ns | Technetium and Isosulfan blue | Yes | 4 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
| Kusano | No | No | 62% | Indocyanine green | No | 2.6 (0–5) | No | No |
| Quadros | No | No | 0 | Technetium and patent blue | Yes | 3.5 (ns) | Yes | Yes |
The order and format is the same as in Table 3.