Efficacy of different sentinel lymph node biopsy protocols in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Systematic review and meta-analysis

[EN] The sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is highly protocolized in other cancers, however, this is not the case for oral squamous cell carcinoma patients, hence our objective was to evaluate the different protocols published. A specific study protocol was designed and subsequently registered on PROSPERO...

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Autores: Suarez Ajuria, Maria, Gallas , Mercedes, García García, Abel, Marichalar Mendia, Xabier, Chamorro Petronacci, Cintia Micaela, Padín Ireguas, María Elena, Pérez Sayáns, Mario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/57159
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/57159
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:blue dye
indocyanine green
protocols
sentinel node lymph biopsy
systematic review
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Sumario:[EN] The sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is highly protocolized in other cancers, however, this is not the case for oral squamous cell carcinoma patients, hence our objective was to evaluate the different protocols published. A specific study protocol was designed and subsequently registered on PROSPERO (Ref. CRD42021279217). Twenty-three articles were included in the meta-analysis. The grouped sensitivity of the SNB was 82% (95% CI: 0.74–0.88), and the grouped specificity was 100% (95% CI: 0.99–1.00). The use of other radiotracers other than pre-operative lopamidol showed higher values of sensitivity of 82.80% (95% CI: 76.90%–87.50%; p < 0.001). The use of the blue dye stain showed higher sensitivity values of 85.60% (95% CI: 71.90%–93.20%), compared to sensitivity values of 77.50% when it was not used (95% CI: 69.10%–84.20%) (p < 0.001). Diagnostic rates are variable and they were significantly better when 99mTc was used in all its variations and accompanied by the blue dye staining.