The surgical management of the sentinel lymph node in cutaneous melanoma might be different when the primary lesion was previously resected with 1 cm margin.

Aim: To simulate the effects of previous wide cutaneous melanoma excision in sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy feasibility through a change in the radiotracer injection site.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-three patients with cutaneous melanoma underwent two preoperatory lymphoscintigraphic studies. In the first, the radiopharmaceutical was injected intradermally 0.