Table 2.
Author (year) | Technique of SLNB |
Mean/median number of SLNs removed | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BD (1) | RI (2) | Dual (1 + 2) | CEUS (3) | Dual (1 + 3) | ||
[25] | 15 | 19 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 2.60 |
[26] | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 |
[27] | 0 | Mixed | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | |
[16] | 28 | 116 | 545 | 0 | 0 | NR |
[28] | Mixed | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | ||
[29] | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.70 |
[30] | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NR |
[31] | Mixed | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | ||
[5] | 0 | 0 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
[32] | 7 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 |
[33] | 8 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2.50 |
[34] | 9 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | NR |
[9] | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
[10] | 7 | 389 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
[36] | Mixed | 0 | 0 | NR | ||
[35] | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
[11] | 5 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
[37] | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 2.10 |
[39] | 0 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.10 |
[38] | Mixed | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | ||
[40] | 5 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
[41] | 1 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
[42] | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 |
[43] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.13 |
[44] | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
[45] | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 |
[47] | 7 | 10 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Abbreviations: BD, blue dye; RI, radioisotopes; CEUS, contrast-enhanced ultrasound; NR, not reported; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy; SLNs, sentinel lymph nodes.