TABLE 1.
Clinical and pathological characteristics and lymph node and inguinal field assessment
| Patient number | Age (years) | Body mass index (kg/m2) | Tumour classification | Clinical node classification | No. positive superficial inguinal nodes/total removed | No. positive deep nodes/total removed | No. positive pelvic nodes/total removed | Verifying surgeon’s assessment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | |||||
| Lymph node metastases | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 70 | 36.2 | T3 | N1* | 2/10 | 1/9 | 0/2 | † | 0/15 | 0/18 | Complete | Complete |
| 3 | 28 | 40.7 | T3 | N0 | 2/8 | 5/15 | 1/2 | † | 0/11 | 0/19 | Complete | Complete† |
| No lymph node metastases | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 67 | 38.4 | T1b | N0 | 0/21 | 0/17 | – | – | – | – | Complete | Complete |
| 4 | 84 | 26.9 | T3 | N0 | 0/6 | 0/8 | – | – | – | – | Complete | Complete |
| 5 | 68 | 26.4 | T2 | N0 | 0/6 | 0/7‡ | – | – | – | – | Complete | NA‡ |
| 6 | 60 | 28.9 | T1b | N0 | 0/5 | 0/6 | – | – | – | – | Incomplete§ | Complete |
| 7 | 59 | 35.7 | T2 | N0 | 0/6 | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | Complete | Complete |
| 8 | 60 | 33.4 | T2 | N0 | 0/15 | 0/14 | – | – | – | – | Complete | Complete |
| 9 | 54 | 21.5 | T2 | N0 | 0/11 | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | Complete | Complete |
| 10 | 64 | 25.8 | T1b | N0 | 0/5 | 0/6 | – | – | – | – | Complete | Complete |
*
Based on imaging, impalpable.
†
Fibrofatty tissue removed, no lymph nodes found.
‡
Initial RAVEIL approach, converted to open.
§
Two additional lymph nodes found, benign.
NA, not assessed.