The Role of Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy in the Surgical Staging of Women with Intermediate and High-Risk Endometrial Adenocarcinomas

Table 3

(a) Number of positive lymph nodes in the PLN and PPALN groups. (b) Breakdown of pelvic and para-aortic nodal metastasis in the PPALN group.

(a)  

	PPALN			PLN
	All	<10	≥10
Positive pelvic lymph nodes
None	84 (71.2)	68 (69.4)	16 (80.0)	98 (70.5)
1 or more	34 (28.8)	30 (30.6)	4 (20.0)	41 (29.5)
Mean (SD)	1.0 (2.4)	1.1 (2.6)	0.4 (1.1)	0.5 (1.1)
Positive para-aortic lymph nodes
None	92 (78.0)	75 (76.5)	17 (85.0)	—
1 or more	26 (22.0)	23 (23.5)	3 (15.0)	—
Mean (SD)	0.4 (0.9)	0.4 (1.0)	0.2 (0.4)	—

(b)  

PPALN; (𝑃<0.0001)	Negative pelvic and para-aortic nodes	Positive pelvic and para-aortic nodes	Positive pelvic nodes only	Positive para-aortic nodes only
118 (100)	78 (66.1)	20 (16.9)	14 (11.8)	6 (5.08)