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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Oct 16;15(12):3538–3549. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-0046-4

TABLE 2.

Success and limitations of SIN biopsy

Total number of SIN biopsy procedures attempted or planned 119
 Number SIN biopsy procedures failed or aborted 3
  Too deep for removal in clinic – morbidly obese 1
  Failed due to prior SIN biopsy that took the same node 1
  Aborted – drainage to iliac node, not attempted 1
 Total number of SIN biopsy procedures completed 116
  Number of patients with one successful SIN biopsy 110
  Number of patients with two successful SIN biopsiesa 3
a

Due to sequential enrollment into two of the clinical trials.