Table 2.

Distribution of patients’ symptoms and cyst location according to surgical therapy groups (ME microscopic/endoscopic fenestration, STX stereotactic implantation of an internal shunt catheter)

Parameters	Microsurgery/endoscopy, n = 35, %	Stereotaxy, n = 27, %	p value
Symptoms, n (%)
None	1 (1.6)	2 (3.2)	0.6
Paresis	2 (3.2)	2 (3.2)	0.99
Sensory disturbance	0	2 (3.2)	0.2
Headache	15 (24.2)	9 (14.5)	0.6
Epileptic seizures	8 (12.9)	2 (3.2)	0.2
Vertigo	5 (8.1)	6 (9.7)	0.5
Coordination disturbance	3 (4.8)	2 (3.2)	0.99
Increased ICP	4 (6.5)	4 (6.5)	0.7
Cranial nerve symptoms	1 (1.6)	2 (3.2)	0.6
Visual impairment	4 (6.5)	2 (3.2)	0.7
Mnestic disorder	2 (3.2)	1 (1.6)	0.99
Macrocephalus	2 (3.2)	1 (1.6)	0.99
Cyst location, n (%)
Frontal	9 (14.5)	6 (9.7)	0.99
Parietal	2 (3.2)	4 (6.5)	0.4
Temporal	10 (16.1)	6 (9.7)	0.8
Occipital	2 (3.2)	0	0.5
Sellar	1 (1.6)	0	0.99
Posterior fossa	11 (17.7)	11 (17.7)	0.6