Strengths and Limitations
We first demonstrated that SLNB
with CNS had appropriate diagnostic validity in a
prospective, single-centre study with a large sample size of 356
patients. The findings suggest that SLNB with CNS is a simple and
effective procedure in early-stage cervical cancer, especially for
patients with tumours smaller than 20 mm.
Our study has several limitations. SLNB with CNS for the treatment of
cervical cancer is still new; thus, multicentre studies should be
performed to further confirm our results.
We
did not apply ideal ultrastaging for all sentinel lymph nodes because of
requirements for the preservation of pathological tissue.