RT Journal
A1 Stoffels I, Scherag A, Klode J
T1 SPect/ct for sentinel lymph node detection in patients with melanoma—reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2013
FD January 16
VO 309
IS 3
SP 232
OP 233
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.88573
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.88573
AB 
Regarding the experience of the involved surgeons, it has been shown in other studies that surgeons performing this technique need a minimum of 30 to 55 cases before achieving optimal accuracy while minimizing false-negative results and dissected basin relapse.1 The surgical teams met this requirement. Therefore, an effect of the surgical team performance on the number of excised positive SLNs is less likely.