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Table 4 Meta-analysis of overall survival rates of other ablative technique versus radiofrequency ablation

From: Effects of radiofrequency ablation versus other ablating techniques on hepatocellular carcinomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Cohort studies

RCTs

MWA vs. RFA

HR 0.80 95% CI 0.62–1.04

HR 0.58 95% CI 0.22–1.56

[9,10,11,12,13,14]

[15, 17]

PEI vs. RFA

HR 1.67 95% CI 1.16–2.40

HR 1.26 95% CI 0.96–1.66

[19, 21]

[22,23,24,25,26]

PEI plus RFA

vs. RFA

NA

HR 0.61 95% CI 0.36–1.02

[27, 29]

LSA vs. RFA

NA

HR 1.47 95% CI 1.01–2.15

[7, 34, 35]

  1. MWA microwave ablation, RFA radiofrequency ablation, PEI percutaneous ethanol injection, LSA laser ablation, HR hazard ratio, RCT randomized controlled trial, NA not applicable. Those in square brackets were numbers of references
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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