Table 1 3D ablation radii (minimum and maximum in mm) for each A-V distance and all flow rates (median (min / max); *p ≤ 0.008; (*)p ≥ 0.008 - ≤ 0.05.
From: Optimizing microwave ablation planning with the ablation success ratio
0 ml/min | 1 ml/min | 2 ml/min | 5 ml/min | 10 ml/min | 100 ml/min | 500 ml/min | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A-V distance: 2.5 mm | |||||||
rmin | 9.3 (8.7/10.4) | 9.3 (7.5/9.9) | 8.2(*) (5.6/9.5) | 7.6(*) (7.1/8.9) | 6.7* (4.8/8.3) | 5.8 * (4.3/6.9) | 5.3 * (4.8/6.0) |
rmax | 15.4 (13.5/16.9) | 16.0 (14.5/18.1) | 14.3 (12.8/14.5) | 14.2 (13.4/16.2) | 14.9 (14.2/20.2) | 14.5 (13.5/15.3) | 14.4 (13.5/16.2) |
A-V distance: 5.0 mm | |||||||
rmin | 9.2 (8.4/10.7) | 8.3 (6.6/9.8) | 5.9(*)(5.0/9.6) | 5.4*(3.5/5.7) | 4.9*(4.6/5.9) | 4.2* (3.9/4.9) | 4.8* (3.7/6.9) |
rmax | 14.7 (12.8/18.4) | 15.3 (12.9–16.1) | 16.4 (14.9/20.2) | 14.3 (12.4/15.6) | 13.4 (11.4/16.9) | 14.5 (12.1/16.8) | 14.6 (12.6/17.5) |
A-V distance: 10.0 mm | |||||||
rmin | 8.8 (8.7/10.5) | 8.5 (6.9/9.6) | 7.0* (6.5/7.5) | 7.0* (6.6/8.4) | 7.0* (5.7/7.9) | 6.6* (6.2/7.5) | 6.4* (5.5/7.2) |
rmax | 15.8 (12.8/18.3) | 15.6 (13.7/16.8) | 16.2 (14.8/16.8) | 16.4 (13.1/18.3) | 16.3 (12.0/20.1) | 16.9 (14.4/18.8) | 14.6 (12.2/18.1) |
