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 3

Postoperative pathological findings and the FIGO stage distribution in SLN mapping and PLND groups.

	Number (%)
	SLN^† (n = 109)	PLND^‡ (n = 94)	value
Histological grade
Grade 1	91 (83.6%)	44 (46.8%)	<0.001
Grade 2	16 (14.7%)	37 (39.4%)
Grade 3	2 (1.8%)	13 (13.8%)
Cervical involvement	10 (9.2%)	19 (20.2%)	0.076
Lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) present	8 (7.3%)	12 (12.8%)	0.196
Peritoneal washings positive	3 (2.8%)	9 (9.6%)	0.08
Final FIGO stage (2009)	SLN (n = 109)	PLND (n = 94)
1A	81 (74.3%)	50 (53.2%)	0.013
1B	14 (12.8%)	26 (27.7%)
2	5 (4.6%)	10 (10.6%)
3A	4 (3.7%)	1 (1.1%)
3C1	5 (4.6%)	6 (6.4%)
3C2	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)

^†SLN = sentinel lymph node mapping group. ^‡PLND = pelvic lymph node dissection group. Chi-square analysis for value.