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. 2020 Nov 17;14:5029–5041. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S266470

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Major and minor complications occurred within three months after TACE. Pulmonary complications included massive pleural effusion (which need thoracentesis and is categorized as major complication), basal atelectasis and pleural effusion. DEB-TACE group had seven episodes (16.6%) of major complications and cTACE group had four episodes (21.1%) respectively. Twenty-four patients in DEB-TACE group and 10 patients in cTACE group had minor complications (the development of more than two minor complications was found in six patients in DEB-TACE group and three patients in cTACE group).