Comparing Surgical and Oncological Outcomes between Indocyanine Green (ICG) Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping with Routine Lymphadenectomy in the Surgical Staging of Early-Stage Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer
Table 1
Demographics and perioperative findings of patients in the SLN mapping and PLND groups.
Mean (range)
SLN†
PLND‡
value (Mann–Whitney)
Age (years)
55 (31–85)
59 (30–79)
0.003
Median (range)
SLN
PLND
value
BMI (kg/m2)
28.3 (14.4–54.0)
27.1 (16.0–50.0)
0.185
Number (%)
SLN (n = 109)
PLND (n = 94)
value
Race
0.825
Chinese
76 (69.7%)
68 (72.3%)
Malay
17 (15.6%)
16 (17.0%)
Indian
6 (5.5%)
3 (3.2%)
Others
10 (9.2%)
7 (7.4%)
Median (range)
value
Median number of lymph nodes removed
5 (0–34)
20 (0–72)
<0.001
Number (%)
SLN (n = 109)
PLND (n = 94)
value
Number of patients with lymph node metastases
5 (4.6%)
7 (7.4%)
0.389
Number of patients upstaged
16 (14.7%)
18 (19.1%)
0.395
†SLN = sentinel lymph node mapping group. ‡PLND = pelvic lymph node dissection group. Mann–Whitney U analysis for value. Chi-square analysis for value. Fisher’s exact test for value (count <5).
