Research Article

The Effects of Thoracic Epidural Analgesia during Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 2

Opioid consumption, during and after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA).

ā€‰Group C ()Group E () value

Patients who received opioid during PRFA (%)30 (17.2)6 (12.2)0.535
Patients who received opioid after PRFA (%)63 (36.2)2 (4.1)<0.001

Values are the number of patients (%). compared with Group C.