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DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373042008
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Image-guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation and Incidence of Post–Radiofrequency Ablation Syndrome: Prospective Survey1

Tze M. Wah, MD2, Ronald S. Arellano, MD, Debra A. Gervais, MD, Catherine A. Saltalamacchia, RN, BSN, Joanne Martino, RN, Elken F. Halpern, PhD, Michael Maher, MD and Peter R. Mueller, MD

1 From the Division of Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, White Bldg 270, Boston, MA 02114-2696 (T.M.W., R.S.A., D.A.G., C.A.S., J.M., M.M., P.R.M.); and Department of Statistics, Institute for Technology Assessment, Boston, Mass (E.F.H.). Received November 25, 2004; revision requested January 25, 2005; revision received March 27; accepted April 13. Address correspondence to P.R.M. (e-mail: pmueller{at}partners.org).



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  		Figure 1. Graph shows mean temperature in patients after RF ablation for renal lesions and liver lesions, with temperature higher than 99°F (37°C) compared with that in control group. To convert from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius, use the following calculation: (°F – 32) · 0.556 = °C.

 


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  		Figure 2. Graph shows mean flulike symptoms among all patients after RF ablation and in control group.

 


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  		Figure 3. Graph shows mean flulike symptoms in patients with fever after RF ablation (with exclusion of patients with concurrent infections) compared with the control group. Keys are the same as those in Figure 1.

 


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  		Figure 4a. Graphs show the (a) mean pain, (b) mean interference with general activity, and (c) mean interference with work experienced at days 1, 3, 5, and 10.

 


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  		Figure 4b. Graphs show the (a) mean pain, (b) mean interference with general activity, and (c) mean interference with work experienced at days 1, 3, 5, and 10.

 


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  		Figure 4c. Graphs show the (a) mean pain, (b) mean interference with general activity, and (c) mean interference with work experienced at days 1, 3, 5, and 10.

 




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