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Table 4 Complication for patients

From: Assessment of safety margin after microwave ablation of stage I NSCLC with three-dimensional reconstruction technique using CT imaging

Ablative margin < 5 mm (n = 18)

Ablative margin ≥ 5 mm (n = 18)

Major

Minor

Major

Minor

Infection (n = 1)

Pain (n = 4)

Fever (n = 3)

Pneumothorax (n = 7)

Pleural effusion (n = 3)

Bronchopleural fistula (n = 1)

Pain (n = 3)

Pneumothorax (n = 4)

Pleural effusion (n = 4)