Table 2.

Treatment strategy and postoperative complications reported.

	Radiofrequency Ablation	Surgical Treatment	Total	Statistical Analysis
Procedures	27 (50.9%)	26 (49.1%)	53
Postoperative complications	13 (48.1%)	16 (61.5%)	29 (54.7%)	OR = 0.58 [0.19, 1.73] (p = 0.412)
Local inflammation	8 (29.6%)	9 (34.6%)	17 (32.1%)	OR = 0.80 [0.25, 2.53] (p = 0.773)
Cellulitis	4 (14.8%)	6 (23.1%)	10 (18.9%)	OR = 0.58 [0.14, 2.35] (p = 0.501)
Paresthesia	1 (3.7%)	2 (7.7%)	3 (5.7%)	OR = 0.46 [0.04, 5.42] (p = 0.610)
Pain	1 (3.7%)	3 (11.5%)	4 (7.5%)	OR = 0.29 [0.03, 3.04] (p = 0.351)
Hematoma or hemorrhage	0	5 (19.2%)	5 (9.4%)	OR = 0.07 [0.00, 1.36] (p = 0.023)

OR = odds-ratio [CI 95%] and p calculated using Fisher’s test.