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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 May 13;22(0 3):1147–1155. doi: 10.1245/s10434-015-4601-5

Table 2.

Results of SLN and RLN Resection.

Total (N = 6) ICG (N = 3) ESNF14 (N = 3) P
# of NIR hotspots, mean ± SD 2.3 ± 0.5 2.7 ± 0.6 2.0 ± 0.0 0.116
Detection time (min) of NIR hotspots, mean ± SD 3.9 ± 2.0 4.6 ± 2.7 3.3 ± 1.2 0.479
# of resected NIR hotspots, mean ± SD 2.5 ± 0.5 2.7 ± 0.6 2.3 ± 0.6 0.518
# of resected RLN, mean ± SD 20.7 ± 5.7 22.3 ± 4.9 19.0 ± 7.0 0.537
Additional NIR fluorescent nodes, mean ± SD 2.5 ± 2.8 5.0 ± 1.0 0.0 ±0.0 0.001
Total time (min) of lymphadenectomy, mean ± SD 70.5 ± 20.3 66.2 ± 21.6 74.8 ± 22.5 0.66

Abbreviations used are: SLN, sentinel lymph node; RLN, regional lymph node; NIR, near-infrared; SD, standard deviation;