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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2010 Jun 4;114(3):604–612. doi: 10.3171/2010.4.JNS091340

TABLE 2.

Perioperative and postoperative characteristics of 544 patients with glioblastoma

Characteristic Value (%)
GTR 249 (46)
STR 295 (54)
periop death 5(1)
postop motor deficit 35(6)
postop visual deficit 5(1)
postop language deficit 25(5)
adjuvant therapy
  Gliadel 203 (37)
  temozolomide 159 (29)
  BCNU 39(7)
  CCNU 24(4)
  cisplatin 23(4)
  other chemotherapy 95 (17)
  radiation therapy 396 (73)
  median radiation dose (cGy) 6000 (IQR 5940–6000)
median follow-up duration in mos 10 (IQR6–16)
loss of functional independence 302 (56)
median time to loss of function in mos 10 (IQR 4–19)