Evaluation of short-term effects of drug-loaded microspheres and traditional transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in the treatment of advanced liver cancer

Table 3 Postoperative response of patients, n (%)

Postoperative response	D-TACE (15 cases)	C-TACE (58 cases)	t/χ2 value	P value
Body temperature (℃)	38.0 ± 0.9	38.3 ± 0.7	-1.4141	0.162
24 h PONV score postoperative			14.33	0.014
1	6 (40.0)	3 (5.2)
2	4 (26.7)	20 (34.5)
3	3 (20.0)	20 (34.5)
4	2 (13.3)	9 (15.5)
5	0 (0.0)	4 (6.9)
6	0 (0.0)	2 (3.4)
Postoperative pain score			32.967	0.000
0	5 (33.3)	15 (25.9)
2	7 (46.7)	0 (0.0)
4	3 (20.0)	39 (67.2)
6	0 (0.0)	4 (6.9)

¹Result of t test.

D-TACE: Drug-loaded microspheres transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; C-TACE: Traditional/conventional transcatheter arterial chemoembolization; PONV: Postoperative nausea and vomiting.