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Here we present the clinical outcome of SLNB using 99mTc-tilmanocept in a two-day protocol in patients suffering from early-stage OSCC. A total of 13 patients (males: 6; females: 7; mean age: 65.7 years, ranging from 47 to 89 years) were included in this study. Most of the patients suffered from an OSCC of the floor of mouth (n = 6), followed by tongue (n = 5) and upper alveolar crest\/hard palate (n = 2). Sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) were successfully identified in all cases (range: 1\u20137). The average length of hospital stay was 4.7 days (range: 3\u20138 days) and mean duration of surgical intervention was 121 min (range: 74\u2013233 min). One patient who suffered from an OSCC of the tongue was sentinel lymph node positive (SLN+). The mean follow-up for all sentinel lymph node negative (SLN-) patients (n = 12) was 20.3 months (range: 10\u201328 months). No local or nodal recurrences were observed within the observation period. In our patient cohort, SLNB using 99mTc-tilmanocept in a two-day protocol proved to be a reliable and safe staging method for patients suffering from early-stage, clinically node-negative OSCC. 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