A role for pelvic sentinel lymph nodes in lower extremity melanoma?
Juulia LaakkonenOuti KaarelaTomi TervalaHenrik NuutinenPublished in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2023)
We did not find more frequent recurrence, shorter disease-free survival, or poorer melanoma-specific survival in patients with drainage to PSLN. Our findings strengthen the evidence that PSLNs should not be routinely biopsied if they are not the first-tier nodes.