Author | Year of publi-cation | Study design | Study popu-lation | Patients included in analyses | Sentinel lymph node mapping | Macro-scopical slicing | Routine staining procedure | Ultrastaging procedure | ||
Number of slides immuno-histochemistry | Interval between immuno-histochemistry slides | Staining technique | ||||||||
Abu-Rustum et al25 | 2009 | P | 42 | 36 | Blue dye (methylene or isosulfan) | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 4 | 50 µm | IHC+SS |
Altgassen et al26 | 2009 | P | 25 | 21 | Patent blue | Bread-loaf | H&E | 1 | NA | IHC |
Backes et al27 | 2019 | P | 204 | 184 | Blue dye | Longi-tudinal | H&E | 6 | 40 µm | IHC+SS |
Barlin et al28 | 2012 | R | 498 | 401 | Blue dye + technetium | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 4 | 50 µm | IHC+SS |
Bats et al29 | 2008 | P | 43 | 30 | Patent blue + technetium | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 1–2 | 250 µm | IHC+SS |
Bese et al30 | 2016 | R | 95 | 77 | Blue dye (methylene) | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 4 | 50 µm | IHC+SS |
Delpech et al31 | 2007 | P | 23 | 19 | Patent blue + technetium | Bread-loaf | H&E | 4 | 150 µm | IHC+SS |
Ferraioli et al32 | 2015 | R | 93 | 30 | Patent blue + technetium | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 3 | 200 µm | IHC+SS |
Hagen et al33 | 2016 | P | 108 | 104 | Indocyanine green | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 4 | 50 µm | IHC+SS |
Khoury-Collado et al34 | 2011 | R | 266 | 223 | Blue dye (methylene or isosulfan)±technetium | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 4 | 50 µm | IHC+SS |
Kim et al35 | 2013 | R | 643 | 508 | Blue dye | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 5 | 50 µm | IHC+SS |
Kostun et al36 | 2019 | R | 58 | 58 | Several procedures | Bread-loaf | H&E | 2 | 150 µm | IHC+SS |
Mosgaard et al37 | 2013 | P | 32 | 23 | Blue dye + technetium | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 3 | three sections per mm | IHC+SS |
Rossi et al38 | 2017 | P | 385 | 293 | Indocyanine green | Bread-loaf | H&E | 1 | NA | IHC+SS |
Touhami et al39 | 2015 | R | 268 | 252 | Patent blue + technetium | Longi- tudinal | H&E | 1 | NA | IHC+SS |
.H&E, hematoxylin and eosin; IHC, immunohistochemistry; NA, not applicable; P, prospective; R, retrospective; SS, serial sectioning.