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Table 5 Summary of Meta-Proportions on adverse effects from different modalitites of surgical and hybrid ablation

From: Effectiveness and safety of different types of ablation modalities in patients with atrial fibrillation: a bayesian network meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials

Adverse Effects

VATS

MIPI

Hybrid

k

Prop

95% CI

k

Prop

95% CI

k

Prop

95% CI

Anaphylactic shock

1

1.82

0.26; 11.81

-

-

-

-

-

-

Arteriovenous fistula

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Atrial flutter / tachycardia

1

3.13

0.44; 19.11

-

-

-

1

2

0.28; 12.88

Atrioesophageal fistula

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

0

0.00; 1.00

Cardiac tamponade

1

3.13

0.44; 19.11

-

-

-

2

3.31

0.01; 95.63

Chest infection

-

-

-

1

3.64

0.91; 13.41

-

-

-

Death

3

5.07

1.00; 22.09

3

0

0.00; 1.00

1

0

0.00; 1.00

Diaphragm paralysis

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Femoral pseudoaneurysm

2

0

0.00; 1.00

-

-

-

1

5.26

0.74; 29.39

Groin hematoma/bleed

2

0

0.00; 1.00

2

0

0.00; 1.00

2

1.65

0.00; 99.31

Heart failure

1

1.67

0.23; 10.9

2

0

0.00; 1.00

-

-

-

Myocardial infarction

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

0

0.00; 1.00

Pericardial effusion

1

1.89

0.27; 12.21

1

4.35

0.61; 25.22

-

-

-

Phrenic nerve injury

-

-

-

1

4.35

0.61; 25.22

1

0.98

0.14; 6.63

Pneumonia

1

5.66

1.84; 16.13

1

3.28

0.82; 12.18

-

-

-

pneumothorax

1

9.37

3.06; 25.35

-

-

-

-

-

-

Postinterventional pericarditis

-

-

-

1

1.64

0.23; 10.73

-

-

-

PV stenosis

-

-

-

2

0

0.00; 1.00

2

0

0.00; 1.00

Sepsis, abscesses, or endocarditis

3

5.47

1.07; 23.55

1

1.64

0.23; 10.73

1

5.26

0.74; 29.39

Stroke

1

1.89

0.27; 12.21

3

0

0.00; 1.00

1

0

0.00; 1.00

Transient ST elevation

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TIA

1

0

0.00; 1.00

3

0

0.00; 1.00

1

0.98

0.14; 6.63

  1. MIPI, minimally invasive thoracoscopic epicardial pulmonary vein isolation; VATS, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery