Table 2.

Comparison of the Results of Different Intraoperative Methods With Final Pathologic Examination of the Sentinel Lymph Node

	Sensitivity		Specificity
Method	%	95% CI, %	%	95% CI, %
TI	50	26–74	100	95.5–100
FS	72.2	46.5–90.3	97.5	91.3–99.7
RCI	77.8	52.4–93.6	97.5	91.3–99.7
TI+FS	77.8	52.4–93.6	97.5	91.3–99.7
FS+RCI	83.3	58.6–96.4	97.5	91.3–99.7

95% CI indicates 95% confidence interval; TI, touch imprint; FS, frozen section; RCI, rapid cytokeratin immunostain, FP, final pathology examination.