Table 1 Demographic and SHCs characteristics.

From: Comparison of CT-guided intracystic lidocaine pre-injection versus conventional US-guided single-session ethanol sclerotherapy for simple hepatic cysts

Characteristics

Center A (n = 43)

Center B (n = 56)

P value

Age (years)

64 (60–71)

64 (60–73)

0.473

Sex

Male/Female

4(9.3)/39 (90.7)

9(16.1)/47 (83.9)

0.752

Laterality

Left/Right

13(30.2)/30 (69.8)

15 (26.8)/41 (73.2)

0.823

Clinical presentation

  

0.289

  Abdominal malaise

8(18.6)

19(33.9)

 

  Abdominal pain

6(14.0)

7(12.5)

 

  Gradual enlarge

13(30.2)

17(30.4)

 

  Anxiety

16(37.2)

13(23.2)

 

Cyst estimated volume (mL)

150 (120–185)

143 (121–180)

0.430

  1. Values are median with interquartile range in parentheses, or number with percentage in parentheses.