Clinical course according to staging laparoscopy and cytologic examination result
| Clinical course; laparoscopy result/cytologic examination result | No. (%) of patients |
|---|---|
| Curative resection (n = 73) | |
| Negative/negative | 50 (43.1) |
| Negative/suspicious or atypical | 5 (4.3) |
| Negative/not done or missing | 18 (15.5) |
| No further surgical procedure (n = 40) | |
| Positive/positive | 12 (10.3) |
| Positive/negative | 4 (3.4) |
| Positive/suspicious or atypical | 8 (6.9) |
| Positive/not done or missing | 8 (6.9) |
| Negative/positive | 3 (2.6) |
| Negative/negative* | 3 (2.6) |
| Negative/suspicious or atypical | 2 (1.7) |
| Palliative resection (n = 2) | |
| Negative/negative | 1 (0.9) |
| Negative/suspicious or atypical | 1 (0.9) |
| Missing resection data (n = 1) | |
| Negative/negative | 1 (0.9) |
↵* One patient declined surgery, and 1 patient had a fluorodeoxyglucose-avid supraclavicular node on subsequent positron emission tomography scanning; in the remaining case, the reason was unknown.