Table 2.

Sentinel and axillary lymph node dissection characterization.

Characteristic	Sentinel lymph node status
	Negative	Micrometastases	Macrometastases
	n = 43	n = 13	n = 19
Sentinel lymph node removed
Mean ± SEM	1.19 ± 0.60	1.38 ± 0.18	1.74 ± 0.25
Median	1	1	1
Range	1–2	1–3	1–4
Axillary nodes removed
Mean ± SEM		15.40 ± 2.29	16.16 ± 1.60
Median		17.5	15.0
Range		5–30	6–33
Axillary nodes positive
Mean ± SEM		2.90 ± 1.60	2.74 ± 1.02
Median		1	1
Range		0–17	0–18