Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the study population
| Variable | MWA (n = 29) | MWA combined with incision and drainage (n = 24) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years* | 36.62±11.60 | 31.75±3.72 | 0.000 |
| Patients | 29 | 24 | |
| Sex | |||
| Men | 1 | 0 | 0.358 |
| Women | 28 | 24 | |
| Location of lesions | |||
| Left side | 16 | 13 | 0.942 |
| Right side | 13 | 11 | |
| Involving quadrant(s) | |||
| Single quadrant | 27 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Two or more quadrants | 2 | 24 | |
| Congenital nipple depression (cases) | |||
| Yes | 9 | 7 | 0.883 |
| No | 20 | 17 | |
| Swollen axillary lymph node | |||
| Yes | 17 | 20 | 0.051 |
| No | 12 | 4 | |
| Pathological results | |||
| Granulomatous mastitis | 16 | 16 | 0.394 |
| Periductal mastitis | 13 | 8 | |
| The course of preoperative intervention (D)* | 88.14±66.67 | 102.38±193.37 | 0.058 |
| Maximum diameter of lesion, mm* | 51.59±35.02 | 120.04±60.67 | 0.049 |
MWA, microwave ablation. A total of 53 participants were involved.
*
Data are mean ± standard deviation.