Sentinel Lymph Node Detection Using Laser-Assisted Indocyanine Green Dye Lymphangiography in Patients with Melanoma

Table 1

Patient demographics including T stage, site of melanoma, the nodal basin(s), how many nodes were identified by each method, and the total number of nodes harvested. The number of malignant nodes is indicated, as well as which method identified these malignant nodes.

Patient	T stage	Primary site	Node basin	ICG+	MB+	Tech99+	Total nodes	Total imlignant nodes	Dye*
1	T2b	Anterior chest	Axilla	1	0	3	3	0
2	T4b	Right calf	Groin	2	1	0	2	1	I, B
3	T3a	Left leg	Groin	1	1	1	1	1	I, T, B
4	T2a	Left temporal	Cervical	3	1	3	3	0
5	T3b	Left chest	Axilla	0	0	0	1	0
6	T3a	Scalp	Cervical	2	2	2	2	1	I, T, B
7	T4b	Right thumb	Axilla	2	1	2	2	0
8	T3a	Left back	Axilla	3	1	2	3	0
9	T2a	Left thigh	Groin	4	2	4	4	0
10	T2a	Right back	Axilla	2	1	3	3	0
11	T2a	Right flank	Groin	3	3	2	3	0
12	T4a	Scalp	Bilat cerrical	4	3	3	4	0
13	T2a	Left neck	Cervical	0	0	0	0	0
14	T4b	Anterior chest	Bilat axilla	6	2	3	6	1	I
15	T3a	Left arm	Axilla	4	0	3	4	0
Total				37	18	31	41	4
Average # nodes per patient				2.8	1.6	2.6

∗Dye: I: ICG, B: MB, T: Tech99.