Alessandro Buda, Federica Elisei, Sharon Palazzi, Elena De Ponti, Maurizio Arosio, Francesca Vecchione, Tiziana Dell'Anna, Marco Cuzzocrea, Beatrice Bussi, Daniela Giuliani, Giampaolo Di Martino, Cinzia Crivellaro
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of care in patients who underwent sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping for endometrial and cervical cancer staging, and evaluate the impact of different techniques on patient satisfaction, i.e. radiotracer Tc99m versus indocyanine green (ICG) or methylene blue injection. METHOD: Women with preoperative stage I endometrial cancer or stage I (1A2-1B1) cervical cancer who underwent surgical staging, including SLN mapping, were considered for this study...
September 2016: Annals of Surgical Oncology