MR-guided microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): is general anesthesia more effective than local anesthesia?

Table 5 Adverse events and complications

Categories	GA group (n = 34)		LA group (n = 38)		P
Categories	Grades				P
Adverse events	CTCAE		CTCAE
Fever, maximum 38 °C, no treatment	I	4 (12)	I	6 (16)	0.740^*
Fever, > 38 °C,treatment	II	22 (65)	II	25 (66)	1.000^*
Nausea or vomiting	II	5 (15)	II	3 (8)	0.463^§
Mild pain, requiring nonopioid oral analgesic treatment	II	17 (50)	II	13 (34)	0.233^*
Moderate pain, requiring opioid oral analgesic treatment	II	10 (29)	II	9 (24)	0.604^*
Mild liver dysfunction, requiring conservative treatment	II	12 (35)	II	9 (24)	0.310^*
complications
Asymptomatic perihepatic fluid	IV	1 (3)	IV	1 (3)	1.000^§
Liver abscess	III	1 (3)	III	2 (5)	1.000^§
pleural effusion	III	2 (6)	III	1 (3)	0.599^§
Subcapsular liver hemorrhage	IV	1 (3)	IV	1 (3)	1.000^§

National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE version 4.03)
Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) classification system for Complications. Data are numbers of events. Data in parentheses are percentages
Note—general anesthesia (GA) and local anesthesia (LA). Data are numbers of events. Data in parentheses are percentages
*Pearson χ2 test was used. §Fisher exact test was used

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