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Distribution of the identified lymph nodes
| Lymph node compartment | Total number of lymph nodes |
Total number of blue nodes |
Total number of positive blue nodes | |
| Detected intraoperatively by surgeon (SLN) | Detected postoperatively by pathologist | |||
| I | 19 | 2 | 5 | - |
| II | 16 | - | 3 | - |
| IV | 7 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Total | 42 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
SLN: Sentinel lymph node.
