Table 2.

Measured Values of Diameters and Volumes of Radiofrequency-Induced Coagulation and Tissue Temperatures in the Five Groups

Note.-Group A = dry radiofrequency ablation (RFA), group B = RFA with hypertonic saline (HS) preinjection (5%), group C = wet-RFA (5%), group D = RFA with HS preinjection (36%), group E = wet-RFA (36%), DV = vertical diameter, DT1 = transverse diameter on the plane along the electrode, DT2 = transverse diameter on the transverse plane.

^*There were significant differences between groups C, D, and E, and groups A and B. ^†The values in groups C and E were greater than in group D, which was greater than in groups A and B.