A Diagnostic Meta-analysis: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy For Diagnosis Of Pelvic Lymph Node Metastases In Early Stage Cervical Cancer

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of sentinel lymph node biopsyin the diagnosis of pelvic lymph node metastases in early stage cervicalcancer.Methods Relevant studies were identified by systematicallysearching EMBASE，PUBMED，CNKI，WEIPU，WANGFANG，timefrom2000to2013. There were11studies filter out from200studies，analyzed by Meta-analysis software MetaDiSc1.4Results11study, a total of581cases of patients with the merger of thesensitivity and specificity for sentinel lymph node biopsy in the diagnosis ofearly pelvic metastasis were0.86(95%CI:0.78-0.91) and0.98(95%CI:0.97-0.99), respectively.Conclusion Sentinel lymph node biopsy in diagnosis of lymph nodemetastasis of cervical cancer is reliable.