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Table 2 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the two studied groups

From: Modified technique for thermal radiofrequency ablation of Thoracic dorsal root ganglia under combined fluoroscopy and CT guidance: a randomized clinical trial

 

CT-guided group

n = 40

Standard group

n = 38

p value

Age (years)

57.0 ± 11.7

59.2 ± 13.2

0.438

Gender (male/female)

29/11

25/13

0.521

Chest pathology

 Lung cancer

19 (47.5%)

20 (52.6%)

1.000

 Pleural mesothelioma

14 (35.0%)

13 (34.2)

 Chest secondaries

5 (12.5%)

4 (10.5%)

 Chest wall masses

2 (5.0%)

1 (2.6%)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

29.2 ± 5.2

28.3 ± 4.3

0.409

Side of treatment (Rt/Lt)

21/19

21/17

0.807

  1. Data are supplied as mean ± SD, numbers (%).
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