Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Is Feasible in Cervical Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 4

Diagnostic accuracy of lymph node metastasis using SLN biopsy.

		83 patients with at least one SLN detected							65 patients with bilateral SLNs detected
		Pelvic lymph node		n	Sensitivity	NPV			Pelvic lymph node		n	Sensitivity	NPV
		+	−						+	−
SLN	+	9	0	9	81.8% (9/11)	97.3% (72/74)	SLN	+	7	0	7	87.5% (7/8)	98.3% (57/58)
	−	2	72	74				−	1	57	58
n		11	72	83			n		8	57	65

+, positive; −, negative. SLN, sentinel lymph node; NPV, negative predictive value.