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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2005; 11(43): 6828-6832
Published online Nov 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6828
Table 1 Characteristics of the patients
Scattered recurrence (–)Scattered recurrence (+)Total
n12711138
Age67.5±8.669.2±8.167.6±8.5
Sex (male/female71/568月3日79/59
Virus (HBV/HCV)14/1133月8日17/121
Tumor size (mm)24.3±13.720.1±5.724.0±13.5
Albumin (g/dL)3.65±0.383.52±0.573.64±0.39
Bilirubin (mg/dL)0.86±0.511.02±0.440.87±0.50
ALT (U/L)48.4±28.356.0±17.849.0±28.5
Platelet (x104/mL)10.9±5.59.0±3.610.7±5.5
Child–Pugh (CH1/A/B/C)a3/102/20/20/5/5/13/107/25/3
Device and Protocolb
Original cool-tip28937
Modified cool-tip28028
Single-step LeVeen37239
Multi-step LeVeen34034
Prognosis (alive/death)b87/403月8日90/48
Observation period (mo)27.1±11.024.0±11.526.9±11.1