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Ferdinando Murgia

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Anatomical distribution of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with endometrial cancer: a multicenter study.

2022

ObjectiveSentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping represents the standard approach in uterine confined endometrial cancer patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anatomical distribution of SLNs and the most frequent locations of nodal metastasis.MethodsThis was an observational retrospective multicenter study involving eight high volume gynecologic cancer centers in Italy. We reviewed 1576 patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of endometrial cancer from September 2015 to June 2020. All patients underwent total hysterectomy with salpingo-ophorectomy and SLN mapping.ResultsA total of 3105 SLNs were mapped and removed, 2809 (90.5%) of these were bilateral and 296 (9.5%) unila…

Sentinel Lymph Node BiopsyObstetrics and GynecologyHysterectomyEndometrial NeoplasmslaparoscopesSettore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIAOncologylaparoscopeHumansLymph Node Excisionendometrial neoplasmFemaleLymph NodesSentinel Lymph NodeNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesInternational journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society
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