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

Table 3

Macro-metastasis as demonstrated using H&E. Number of patients with macro-metastasis-positive (LN+) and macro-metastasis-negative (LN−) nodes in different groups.

	Preoperative evaluation	Lower LN group		Upper LN group	Postoperative evaluation
		SLN	Non-SLN
LN (−)	43	57	53	69	53
LN (+)	29	15	19	3	19
Number of samples	72	72	72	72	72

SLN: sentinel lymph nodes group; non-SLN: non-sentinel lymph nodes group.