Table 3.
Time points Post initiation of ablation |
Control Group | Experimental Group | p-value a |
---|---|---|---|
n = 50 | n = 50 | ||
0.5 min | 2.04 ± 1.97 | 1.02 ± 1.45 | 0.004 |
1.5 min | 3.98 ± 1.95c | 3.06 ± 1.27b | 0.006 |
2.5 min | 4.86 ± 1.7c | 3.48 ± 1.30b | < 0.001 |
3.5 min | 5.18 ± 1.62c | 3.16 ± 1.20b | < 0.001 |
4.5 min | 4.94 ± 1.64c | 2.60 ± 1.09b | < 0.001 |
5.5 min | 4.70 ± 1.46c | 2.24 ± 0.85b | < 0.001 |
5 min after surgery | 0.16 ± 0.55c | 0.02 ± 0.14b | 0.083 |
p-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | – |
aComparison between groups; bComparison within groups; cCompared to 0.5 min of the Experimental Group and the p-values were < 0.05