VEILND (Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection) with Florescence Indocyanine Green (ICG): A Novel Technique to Identify the Sentinel Lymph Node in Men with ≥pT1G2 and cN0 Penile Cancer

Table 1

Results of VEILND (video endoscopic inguinal lymph node dissection) simple and with florescence indocyanine green (ICG) application.

	All VEILND	VEILND ICG
No of men	20	15
No of groins	33	24
Failure of ICG marking		6 (25.0%)
Age†	63.4 ± 9.9 (41–78)	61.6 ± 10.6 (41–78)
Time of surgery per groin†	63.8 ± 15.3 (43–92)	59.5 ± 11.2 (43–81)
BMI†	32.7 ± 6.6 (24.5–50.9)	33.7 ± 6.6 (25.7–50.9)
Number of excised lymph nodes†	8.1 ± 3.7 [3–20]	8.5 ± 4.0 [3–20]
Number of groin with positive lymph nodes	9/33 (27.3%)	9/24 (37.5%)
Mean hospital stay†	16.8 ± 10.4 (6–44)	16.5 ± 9.0 (6–39)
Complications Dindo–Clavien I-II	12 (36.4%)	10 (41.7%)
Complications Dindo–Clavien I-II	1 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)

Notes. cases unilateral-contralateral side was done open 4x due to cN1, two were not marked as SLN (the other done DSLNB) and the last was pN1 (sn) on one side by the primary DSLNB), and this VEILND did without ICG. lymphoceles, revision for bleeding with subsequent skin necrosis. †mean, STDEV (standard deviation), minimal and maximal value.