Some complications of the radiofrequency ablation method in patients with non-small cell lung cancer at Nghe An Oncology Hospital

Abstract

Background/Purpose: To describe some complications of the radiofrequency ablation method in patients with non-small cell lung cancer at Nghe An Oncology Hospital. Methods: The non-controlled clinical intervention study, compared the results before and after on 43 non-small cell lung cancer patients at Nghe An Oncology Hospital. Results: 16 complications occurred, accounting for 37.2%. Complications after radiofrequency ablation include hemoptysis, pneumothorax, pneumothorax that must be drained, hemothorax, and pneumonia. The rate of complications in pneumothorax was the highest at 25.6, lower was hemoptysis at 11.6%, followed by post-procedural pneumonia at 4.7% in 1st and 14.3% in 2nd, the remaining complications accounted for a small rate. Conclusion: No statistically significant differences were found in age, sex, RFA frequency, RFA duration, and needle type used with complications after RFA.