Table 1

Baseline characteristics

Baseline characteristicsn=2139
Age (years), mean (SD)64.55 (10.80)
Body mass index (kg/m2),mean (SD)30.24 (6.65)
Diagnostic method, N (%)
Hysteroscopy998 (46.7)
Blind biopsy630 (29.5)
Gynecologic curettage476 (22.3)
Not reported35 (1.6)
Surgical approach, N (%)
Laparoscopic1432 (66.9)
Robotic594 (27.8)
Open113 (5.3)
Nodes approach, N (%)
SLNB1686 (78.8)
SLNB+PLND (only one pelvic side)131 (6.1)
SLNB+PLND (both pelvic sides)188 (8.8)
SLNB+PLND (one side) + PALND7 (0.3)
SLNB+PLND (both sides) + PALND115 (5.4)
SLNB+PALND12 (0.6)
Tracer, N (%)
Indocyanine green1865 (87.2)
Radiocolloid and indocyanine green189 (8.8)
Blue dye74 (3.5)
Blue dye and indocyanine green5 (0.2)
Radiocolloid and blue dye2 (0.1)
Not reported4 (0.2)
Tracer volume, N (%)
4 cc1544 (72.2)
2 cc371 (17.3)
1 cc90 (4.2)
Not reported134 (6.3)
SLN median, number (range)2 (0–6)
SLN distribution, N (%)
Both pelvic sides1729 (80.8)
Right pelvic side152 (7.1)
Left pelvic side150 (7.0)
Both pelvic sides+aortic area41 (1.9)
Left pelvic side+aortic area8 (0.4)
Right pelvic side+aortic area1 (0.05)
Aortic area1 (0.05)
No SLN identified57 (2.7)
SLN diagnostic method, N (%)
Ultrastaging1941 (90.7)
OSNA198 (9.3)
SLN involvement, N (%)205 (9.6)
Isolated tumor cells51 (24.9)
Micrometastases88 (42.9)
Macrometastases66 (32.2)
  • OSNA, one-step nucleic acid amplification; PALND, para-aortic lymph node dissection; PLND, pelvic lymph node dissection; SLN, sentinel lymph node; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy.