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Table 4 Sentinel lymph node detection rates by method of operation stratified by age and body mass index

From: Comparison of the indocyanine green dye method versus the combined method of indigo carmine blue dye with indocyanine green fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast conservative therapy for stage ≤IIA breast cancer

Characteristic

Category

ICG-D

CMF

P-value

Age (years)

< 60

90.6% (48/53)

94.2% (49/52)

0.716

 

≥60

74.3% (29/39)

98.3% (57/58)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

< 25

92.7% (63/68)

98.7% (78/79)

0.096

 

≥25

58.3% (14/24)

90.3% (28/31)

0.009

  1. Abbreviations: ICG-D Indocyanine green dye method, CMF Combined mixed dye and fluorescence method, BMI Body mass index
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