Intercostobrachial Nerves as a Novel Anatomic Landmark for Dividing the Axillary Space in Lymph Node Dissection

Table 6

Micro-metastasis (macro-metastasis-negative nodes stained with CK-22) in different node groups for individual patients.

	Patient ID	Lower LN group		Upper LN
		SLN group	Non-SLN group
1^#	596794^#	+^#	+^#	+^#
2^§	524841^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
3^§	534928^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
4^§	490306^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
5^§	580431^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
6^§	575327^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
7^§	572801^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
8^§	511855^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
9^§	552392^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
10^§	600862^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
11^§	606324^§	+^§	+^§	−^§
12^¥	566900^¥	+^¥	−^¥	−^¥
13*	533935*	−*	+*	+*
14*	603455*	−*	+*	+*
15^$	565404^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
16^$	602786^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
17^$	481275^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
18^$	610052^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
19^$	586968^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
20^$	581075^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
21^$	584976^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
22^$	575268^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
23^$	473538^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
24^$	527037^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
25^$	614530^$	−^$	+^$	−^$
Sum (+)		12	24	3

SLN: sentinel lymph nodes group; non-SLN: non-sentinel lymph nodes group; Sum (+): sum of positive staining nodes.