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. 2022 Jan 25;11(1):68–74. doi: 10.4103/EUS-D-21-00049

Table 2.

Clinical outcomes of patients who underwent EUS-radiofrequency ablation combined with systemic chemotherapy

Characteristics Number of patients, n(%)
Number of RFA sessions, median (IQR) 5 (3.25-5.75)
Time interval from diagnosis to EUS-RFA (months), median (IQR) 4.73 (2.66-9.65)
Follow-up period (months), median (IQR) 21.23 (10.73-27.1)
Treatment failure 20 (95.5)
 Local progression 13 (59.1)
 Distant metastasis 7 (31.8)
 Both 1 (4.5)
Adverse events 4/107 (3.74)
 Abdominal pain 3
 Peritonitis 1

IQR: Interquartile range; EUS-RFA: EUS-radiofrequency ablation