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Table 4 Adverse events and complications

From: Image-guided microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma (≤5.0 cm): is MR guidance more effective than CT guidance?

Categories

CT-guided (n = 47)

MR-guided (n = 54)

P Value

Grades

Adverse events

CTCAE

 

CTCAE

  

Fever, maximum 38 °C, no treatment

I

17(36)

I

23(43)

0.546*

Fever, >  38 °C, treatment

II

13(28)

II

21(39)

0.293*

Nausea or vomiting

II

7(15)

II

6(11)

0.767*

Mild pain, requiring nonopioid oral analgesic treatment

II

24(51)

II

31(57)

0.553*

Moderate pain, requiring opioid oral analgesic treatment

II

18(38)

II

21(39)

1.000*

Mild liver dysfunction, requiring conservative treatment

II

32(68)

II

43(80)

0.254*

complications

 Liver abscess

III

9(19)

III

3(6)

0.022*

 Asymptomatic perihepatic fluid

IV

2(4)

IV

1(2)

0.596§

 Pleural effusion

III

8(17)

III

1(2)

0.011*

 Subcapsular liver hemorrhage

IV

3(6)

IV

1(2)

0.336§

  1. National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE version 4.03)
  2. Data are numbers of events. Data in parentheses are percentages
  3. Note. Data are presented as numbers of events. Data in parentheses are percentages. *Pearson χ2 test was used. §Fisher exact test was used