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Surgery and adjuvant treatment for 88 patients with ependymoma
| Parameter | No. of Patients |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ependymoma (n = 64) | Myxopapillary (n = 24) | Total | |
| Type of surgery | |||
| GTR | 52 (EP: 51, AE: 1) | 20 | 72 |
| STR | 11 (EP: 9, AE: 2) | 4 | 15 |
| Partial | 1 (EP: 1) | 0 | 1 |
| Adjuvant therapy | |||
| Radiotherapy | 13 (AE: 3) | 7 | 20 |
| Chemotherapy | 1 (AE: 1) | 0 | 1 |
| Complication | |||
| Motor weakness | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Bladder/bowel | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| CSF leakage | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Wound problem | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Postop kyphosis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
