Table 2

Rates of sentinel lymph node detection following uterine fundal versus cervical injection

StudyNTracerInjection siteOverall detection (%)Para-aortic detection (%)
Perrone et al31 (2008)17
23
Tc99Hysteroscopic
Cervical
65
70
18
0
Rossi et al32 (2013)17
20
ICGHysteroscopic
Cervical
33
82
71
75
Niikura et al33 (2013)55
45
Blue dye + Tc99Hysteroscopic
Cervical
78
99
56
0
Sawicki et al34 (2015)82
82
Blue dye
Tc99
Fundal
Cervical
74.4
91.5
9.8
5
Sahbai et al35 (2016)70
70
Tc99Hysteroscopic
Cervical
69
83
60
38
  • ICG, indocyanine green; Tc99, technetium 99.