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Table 5 Treatment-related complications

From: The MRI-guided two adaptive brachytherapy fractions versus one adaptive brachytherapy fraction in one application for the cervical cancer: a retrospective study

Type of complication

IC/ISBT routine group (n = 252)

IC/ISBT continuous group (n = 96)

P value

Mean (± SD) /n (%)

Mean (± SD) /n (%)

Pain during transport time

1.27 ± 1.31

1.48 ± 1.37

0.204

Pain during waiting time

2.22 ± 1.84

3.02 ± 1.65

 < 0.001

Pain during removal time

4.69 ± 1.49

5.30 ± 1.18

 < 0.001

Pain in the ward

0.27 ± 0.46

0.33 ± 0.54

0.344

Dizziness

7 (2.8%)

2 (2.1%)

 > 0.999

Nausea/Vomiting

28 (11.1%)

12 (12.5%)

0.717

Fever/Infection

20 (7.9%)

5 (5.2%)

0.378

  1. Bold values indicate statistically significance