Table 4.
Frequency of complications of percutaneous image-guided tumor ablations of the liver in relation to coagulation-related laboratory parameters
| No complication | Complication | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory parameter | n (%) | n | % | n | % | p value | |
| Platelet count | Normal | 5880 (81.4%) | 5705 | 97.02 | 175 | 2.98 | 0.301 |
| Pathological | 837 (11.6%) | 806 | 96.30 | 31 | 3.70 | ||
| Not reported | 511 (7.0%) | ||||||
| International Normalized Ratio (INR) | Normal | 6359 (88.0%) | 6166 | 96.96 | 193 | 3.04 | 0.786 |
| Pathological | 380 (5.3%) | 367 | 96.58 | 13 | 3.42 | ||
| Not reported | 489 (6.7%) | ||||||
| Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) | Normal | 6508 (90.0%) | 6310 | 96.96 | 198 | 3.04 | 0.992 |
| Pathological | 214 (3.0%) | 207 | 96.73 | 7 | 3.27 | ||
| Not reported | 506 (7.0%) | ||||||