Table 2 The number of metastatic lymph node and the number of stained lymph node in the CNs group(Total lymph node n = 1626).

From: Histopathological evaluation of the efficacy of carbon nanoparticle staining in detecting lymph node metastasis in colorectal cancer surgery

 

MLNs(n = 209)

non-MLNs(n = 1417)

Stained lymph node

27 (1.66%)

787 (48.40%)

Unstained lymph node

182 (11.19%)

630 (38.75%)

  1. MLNs: metastatic lymph nodes; non-MLNs: non-metastatic lymph nodes.