Intraoperative labeling of sentinel lymph nodes with a combination of vital dye and radionuclide tracer – results in sentinel lymph node‐positive patients

Abstract

Since in some patients histopathologically-positive lymph nodes are only labeled by radionuclide tracer, radionuclide labeling is indispensable for locating sentinel lymph nodes. In contrast, labeling with blue dye represents a supplementary method, which can simplify the recognition of the sentinel lymph node during surgery.

Quantitative Analysis of Detected Sentinel Lymph Nodes and the Incidence of Micrometastases Using Two Different Methods of Surgical Melanoma Treatment-Pilot Study

“…Surgeon's failure is usually dependent on the learning curve, and occurs due to the lack of experience. The literature provides conflicting data on this issue, however, most researchers suggest that the probability of "false-negative" SL detection is higher following a wide CM excision (20,(22)(23)(24)(25). Failure at the pathology level may be determined by insufficient number of SLN sections.…”