Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients enrolled. (n = 43)
From: Effect of microwave ablation treatment of hepatic malignancies on serum cytokine levels
Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Sex | |
 male | 28 |
 female | 15 |
Age | 62.81 ± 8.14 |
Pathogenesis | |
 primary | 6 |
 secondary | 37 |
Primary site (For metastatic hepatic malignances) | |
 Colon & rectal | 18 |
 Pancreas | 7 |
 Stomache | 3 |
 Breast | 3 |
 Others | 9 |
Maximum tumor length (mm) | 33.58 ± 13.29 |
Ablation probe used | |
 1 | 31 |
 2 | 12 |
Ablation time (min) | 27.09 ± 14.36 |
Average power per probe (W) | 51.98 ± 5.13 |
Average energy (time 1 × power 1 + time 2 × power 2)▼ | 1426 ± 806 |