Table 4.
Efficacy assessment after different numbers of sessions of hemoporfin-mediated photodynamic therapy according to anatomical position of lesions in the extremities
| Anatomical position | One session | Two sessions | Three to six sessions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noneffective treatment, n (%) | Effective treatment, n (%) | Efficacy rate (%) | Noneffective treatment, n (%) | Effective treatment, n (%) | Efficacy rate (%) | Noneffective treatment, n (%) | Effective treatment, n (%) | Efficacy rate (%) | |
| Proximal | 5 (7.7) | 19 (29.2) | 79.2 | 1 (2.6) | 12 (31.6) | 92.3 | 0 | 4 (17.4) | 100 |
| Middle | 12 (18.5) | 16 (24.6) | 57.1 | 3 (7.9) | 14 (36.8) | 82.4 | 1 (4.3) | 12 (52.2) | 92.3 |
| Distal | 5 (7.7) | 2 (3.1) | 28.6 | 3 (7.9) | 2 (5.3) | 40.0 | 1 (4.3) | 2 (8.7) | 66.7 |
| Mixed parts | 4 (6.2) | 2 (3.1) | 33.3 | 1 (4.3) | 2 (5.3) | 66.7 | 1 (4.3) | 2 (8.7) | 66.7 |