TABLE 3.
Location of the ovarian Sentinal Lymph Nodes.
| First author SLN location |
Number of patient with detected SLN | Both pelvic/aortic regions | Pelvic region only | Aortic region only | aortic SLN location to level of the IMA | Location of aortic SLNs of the left and right ovaries |
| Vanneuville et al. (22) | 12 | 8 (67%) | 0 | 4 (33%) | NA | NA |
| Negishi et al. (13) | 11 | 4 (36%) | 0 | 7 (64%) | a-IMA = 91% b-IMA = 36% ar-IMA = 36% |
Lt ovary: limited to PA region specially a-IMA Rt ovary: at the level of PA to b-IMA |
| Nyberg et al. (14) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 (100%) | a-IMA = 33% b-IMA = 67% | Lt ovary: a-IMA 64% Rt ovary: b-IMA 94% |
| Kleppe (15) | 21 | 5 (24%) | 2 (9.5%) | 14 (67%) | NA | Lt ovary: a-IMA 100% Rt ovary: ar-IMA 100% |
| Hassanzadeh et al. (9) | 25 | 2 (8%) | 2 (8%) | 21 (84%) | NA | NA |
| Angelucci et al. (20) | 5 | 2 (40%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (40%) | NA | NA |
| Buda et al. (21) | 9 | 2 (22%) | 1 (11%) | 6 (67%) | a-IMA = 22% b-IMA = 42% | Lt ovary: a-IMA 45%, b-IMA 55% Rt ovary: b-IMA/ar-IMA 100% |
| Speth et al. (16) | 3 | 0 | 1 (33%) | 2 (67%) | NA | NA |
| Nyberg et al. (17) | 20 | 6 (30%) | 2 (10%) | 12 (60%) | a-IMA = 33% b-IMA = 67% | Lt ovary: a-IMA 64% Rt ovary: b-IMA 94% |
| Lago et al. (10) | 10 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Uccella et al. (18) | 21 | 4 (19%) | 4 (19%) | 13(62%) | a-IMA = 14% b-IMA = 52% ar-IMA = 14% |
NA |
| Lago et al. (11) | 20 | 19 (95%) | 0 | 1 (5%) | NA | NA |
| Laven et al. (12) | 3 | 1 (9%) | 0 | 2 (18%) | ||
| Ataei et al. (19) | 24 | 11 (46%) | 8 (33%) | 5 (21%) | NA | NA |
| Total | 189 | 64 (34%) | 21 (11%) | 104 (55%) |
Lt, left; Rt, right; PA, para-aortic; a-IMA, above inferior mesenteric artery; b-IMA, below inferior mesenteric artery; ar-IMA, around inferior mesenteric artery; NA, not available.