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. 2022 Nov 9;9:1028763. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1028763

TABLE 3.

Data of equipment and procedure.

Group Value
Technical success-n (%) 68 (100)
Procedural success-n (%) 60 (88.2)
Time of ablation (minutes)-median (IQR) 75.8 (30.0)
Ablation times-median (IQR) 8 (4)
Range of ablation (mm)-median (IQR)
 Length 40 (9)
 Width 40 (13)
 Thickness 16 (4)
Maximum power (W)-mean ± SD 64 ± 18
Average power (W)-mean ± SD 43.61 ± 13.34
Total energy (kJ)-median (IQR) 186.02 (114.97)
Equipment error-n (%)
 Device power cannot be turned on 0 (0.0)
 No power output 0 (0.0)
 No impedance reading 0 (0.0)
 No RF connection 0 (0.0)
 Cooling pump be stationary 0 (0.0)
 No coolant flow or insufficient flow 0 (0.0)
 Needle fracture 0 (0.0)
 Power supply interruption 0 (0.0)
Needle bending-n (%) 7 (10.3)

IQR, interquartile range; RF, radiofrequency.