Evaluation of reliability and the predictive value of ICG directed SLN dissection in women with endometrial and cervical cancer

Objectives: Determining which endometrial cancer patients will benefit from nodal staging is controversial. SLN biopsy can be useful as an adjunct to lymphadenectomy in high risk patients, but more importantly employed as an alternative method of nodal evaluation for patients with low risk tumors. Recently the NCCN guidelines included SLN biopsy as an option for nodal evaluation in women with endometrial cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the surgical learning curve and to examine the performance characteristics of SLN dissections.