An in-vitro animal experiment on metal implants’ thermal effect on radiofrequency ablation

Table 3 Comparison of ablation scopes of the two groups

Ablation time (min)	Case number	Ablation scope of the test group ( $\bar{x} \pm s$ , cm)		Ablation scope of the control group ( $\bar{x} \pm s$ , cm)		Independent-samples t test
Ablation time (min)	Case number	Horizontal diameter	Longitudinal diameter	Horizontal diameter	Longitudinal diameter	Independent-samples t test
12	14	1.55±0.122	3.48±0.112	1.56±0.122	3.48±0.112	P>0.05
15	14	1.89±0.198	3.72±0.163	1.89±0.207	3.72±0.163	P>0.05

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