Fig. 4From: Prevention of lymphedema via axillary reverse mapping for arm lymph-node preservation following breast cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trialExample of axillary lymph-node dissection. For this patient, the total number of excised lymph nodes was 19. Three of these nodes were stained, and there was no evidence of metastasis in the stained nodes. Among the 16 unstained nodes, metastasis was detected in five nodesBack to article page