Table 2.

Perioperative complications

Characteristic	MWA group (%)	Lobectomy group (%)	P *
No. of patients	46	85	—
Mortality	0 (0)	1 (1.18)	0.062
Pneumothorax	7 (15.22)	2 (2.35)	0.009
Pleural effusion	4 (8.70)	8 (9.41)	0.074
Infection	0 (1.18)	4 (4.71)	0.026
Respiratory failure	0 (0)	2 (2.35)	0.031
Coronary vascular events	0 (0)	0 (0)	—
Cerebral vascular events	0 (0)	1 (1.18)	0.062
Bleeding requiring reoperation	0 (0)	1 (1.18)	0.062

^* Paired t‐test. MWA, microwave ablation.