Table 1.
Temperature measurements in degrees Celsius 1 centimeter away from the ablation probe after 10 minutes of RFA and 60 seconds of MWA (mean ± standard deviation).
| RFA | MWA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre | post | change | p-val | pre | post | change | p-val | |
| Control | 37.8±1.9 | 42.1±2.4 | 4.3±2.3 | 0.001 | 38.6±0.8 | 42.6±1.9 | 4.0±1.3 | <0.001 |
| Embolized | 38.1±0.6 | 41.4±2.9 | 3.3±2.7 | 0.012 | 39.0±1.7 | 43.2±2.6 | 4.2±1.5 | <0.001 |
| Non-perfused | 35.9±0.5 | 43.1±1.2 | 7.1±1.0 | <0.001 | 36.3±0.9 | 40.1±1.3 | 3.8±1.3 | <0.001 |
| Control vs embolized | P=0.421 | P=0.76 | ||||||
| Control vs non-perfused | P=0.007 | P=0.79 | ||||||
| Embolized vs non-perfused | P=0.002 | P=0.58 | ||||||