Table 6 Deterministic results for all strategies for the morbidity-related outcomes at 2 years

From: Cost-effectiveness of sentinel lymph node biopsy vs inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy in women with vulval cancer

Pathway

Cost

Incremental cost

Effectiveness

Incremental effectiveness

ICER

Remarks

Survival for 2 years

IFL

£9367

 

0.9645

   

Blue dye+ultrastaging

£9775

£408

0.9427

  

Dominated

Blue dye+H&E

£9826

 

0.8782

  

Dominated

99mTc +ultrastaging

£10 175

£400

0.9345

  

Dominated

99mTc+H&E

£10 245

 

0.8457

  

Dominated

99mTc+blue dye+ultrastaging

£10 576

£400

0.9335

  

Dominated

99mTc+blue dye+H&E

£10 648

 

0.8418

  

Dominated

Survival free of morbidity for 2 years

IFL

£9367

 

0.3512

   

Blue dye+ultrastaging

£9775

£408

0.5241

0.1729

£2400

 

Blue dye+H&E

£9826

 

0.5015

  

Dominated

99mTc +ultrastaging

£10 175

£400

0.6054

0.0813

£4900

 

99mTc+H&E

£10 245

 

0.5744

  

Dominated

99mTc+blue dye+ultrastaging

£10 576

£400

0.6151

0.0097

£41 200

 

99mTc+blue dye+H&E

£10 648

 

0.5830

  

Dominated

Survival free of long-term morbidity for 2 years

IFL

£9367

 

0.6423

   

Blue dye+ultrastaging

£9775

£408

0.7534

0.1111

£3700

 

Blue dye+H&E

£9826

 

0.7105

  

Dominated

99mTc+ultrastaging

£10 175

£400

0.7985

0.0451

£8900

 

99mTc+H&E

£10 245

 

0.7395

  

Dominated

99mTc+blue dye+ultrastaging

£10 576

£400

0.8039

0.0054

£74 300

 

99mTc+blue dye+H&E

£10 648

 

0.7430

  

Dominated

  1. Abbreviations: H&E=haematoxylin and eosin; ICER=incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; IFL=inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy.
  2. Incremental cost and effectiveness calculated with respect to the preceding non-dominated strategy.