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. 2012 Feb;73(1):54–63. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1304557

Table 2. Clinical Results.

Patient No. Size of Tumor
AP × ML × CC, cm
Resection Extent Cranial Nerve Morbidities Clinical Complications Karnofsky Score (P.O.) Cranial Nerve Improvement
(3–6 mo)
Follow-Up (Months)
1 4.2 × 4.5 × 3.8 GTR 80 No recurrence (69)
2 4.5 × 3.9 × 4.3 STR CN IV, VI 60 No regrowth (63)
(Gamma knife)
3 5.5 × 4.5 × 4.1 GTR CN III, V, VI 80 No recurrence (58)
4 4.7 × 3.9 × 3.8 GTR 90 No recurrence (51)
5 4.5 × 4.0 × 4.1 GTR 80 No recurrence (45)
6 6.5 × 4.8 × 6.0 STR CN III, IV, V, VI Aphasia, encephalorrhagia swelling, craniectomy, tracheotomy, brain infection 50 CN III No regrowth (38)
V-P shunt
(Gamma knife)
7 4.8 × 4.0 × 3.9 GTR 80 No recurrence (31)
8 4.6 × 4.1 × 3.8 GTR CN III, IV 90 No recurrence (25)
9 6.2 × 4.7 × 5.9 GTR CN III, IV, V,
IX–XII
Aphasia, hemiplegia, swelling, treachoectomy 50 Motor defect MS 4–5 grade No recurrence (20)
10 4.6 × 4.2 × 3.8 GTR 90 No recurrence (15)
11 4.8 × 4.1 × 4.0 GTR 90 No recurrence (12)
12 5.7 × 4.8 × 5.4 GTR 80 No recurrence (10)
13 5.3 × 4.6 × 4.9 GTR 70 No recurrence (9)
14 5.2 × 4.6 × 3.9 GTR 80 No recurrence (7)
15 6.1 × 4.7 × 5.0 GTR CN III, IV CSF leakage,
brain infection
70 No recurrence (5)
16 5.9 × 4.5 × 6.1 GTR 80 No recurrence (4)

CN, cranial nerve; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; GTR, gross total resection; MS, muscle strength; P.O., postoperation; STR, subtotal resection; V-P, ventriculoperitoneal.