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Table 4 Distribution of metastatic nodes in patients of all groups

From: Partial axillary lymph node dissection inferior to the intercostobrachial nerves complements sentinel node biopsy in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer

Number of LNM

SLNB failed

SLNB negative

SLNB positive

X2

P

PALND after SLNB(9)

PALND after SLNB(149)

End after SLNB(72)

ALND after SLNB (59)

0

6 (66.7 %)

104 (69.8 %)

-

0

181.568

0.000

1

3 (33.3 %)

30 (20.1 %)

-

16 (27.1 %)

  

2

0

14 (9.4 %)

-

31 (52.5 %)

  

3

0

1 (0.7 %)

-

11 (18.6 %)

  

4

0

0

-

1 (1.7 %)

  
  1. LNM = lymph node metastases. False negative rate (FNR) of SLNB using blue dye: 45 % (48/107), accuracy: 55 %