Local ablation of pancreatic tumors: State of the art and future perspectives

Table 1 Sample size, overall survival, major complication rate, minor complication rate, and mortality rate in pancreatic cancer treated with radiofrequency ablation

Ref.	Sample size	Overall survival	Major complication rate	Minor complication rate	Mortality rate
D'Onofrio et al[28], 2016	51	-	-	-	-
D'Onofrio et al[29], 2017	18	Median, 185 d (range, 62-398 d)	0%	0%	0%
Giardino et al[30], 2013	168	34.0 mo	3.70%	17.70%	1.80%
Hadjicostas et al[31], 2006	4	6 mo	0%	25%	0%
Kallis et al[33], 2015	23	226 d (range, 140-526 d)	0%	4.30%	0%
Song et al[37], 2016	6	NR	0%	33.30%	0%
Spiliotis et al[38], 2007	25	33 mo	0%	-	0%
Varshney et al[39], 2006	3	-	0%	66.70%	0%
Zou et al[41], 2010	32	17.5 mo	3.10%	0%	0%
Giardino et al[44], 2017	10	NR	30%	0%	0%
D’Onofrio et al[46], 2020	35	310 (65–718) d	0%	0%	0%
Wang et al[48], 2020	11	12 mo	0%	0%	0%
He et al[50], 2020	18	1-yr 40.5%; 2-yr 27.0%	22.20%	50%	0%
Fegrachi et al[52], 2019	17	9 mo (range, 5-11 mo)	6%	24%	0%

NR: Not reported.