Table 1.

Temperature increase during in vitro IRE

	Continuous pulsing (10-90 pulses)	Sequential pulsing (10-30-30-30 pulses)	p value
Median (range) of the maximum temperature increase in °C
Electrode tip (5 mm)
Gel phantom (20 °C)	13.05 (12.72–13.29)	9.55 (9.52–9.57)	0.007
Potato tubers	12.70 (12.15–13.25)	10.53 (10.22–10.83)	0.074
Between electrodes
Gel phantom (20 °C)	5.86 (5.75–5.96)	4.99 (4.93–5.04)	0.018
Potato tubers	7.91 (7.74–8.07)	7.88 (7.86–7.90)	0.894