Table 2.

displaying the various tumor histologies included in the study with corresponding data regarding the number of studies included, the number of patients, resection success, complication rates, and recurrence rates for each tumor type.

Tumor histology	Studied included (n)	Patients (n)	Complete or near-complete resection (n) (%)	Complications   (n)	Recurrence   (n)
Colloid Cyst	21	569	441/550 patients (80.2%)	83/556 patients (14.9%)	49/498 patients (9.8%)
Hypothalamic hamartoma	3	30	2/30 patients (6.7%)	14/30 patients (46.7%)	ND
Unidentified	3	14	6/14 patients (42.8%)	9/12 patients (75%)	0/3 patients (0%)
Craniopharyngioma	4	8	4/8 patients (50%)	1/8 patients (12.5%)	2/5 patients (40%)
Ependymoma	5	7	7/7 patients (100%)	4/6 patients (66.6%)	1/7 patients (14.3%)
Subependymoma	3	5	2/5 patients (40%)	2/5 patients (40%)	0/3 patients (0%)
Low-grade astrocytoma	3	4	1/4 patients (25%)	0/3 patients (0%)	0/4 patients (0%)
Pineal cyst	4	4	3/4 patients (75%)	0/3 patients (0%)	0/2 patients (0%)
Pineoblastoma	3	3	3/3 patients (100%)	0/2 patients (0%)	ND
Central neurocytoma	2	3	2/3 patients (33.4%)	0/3 patients (0%)	0/3 patients (0%)
Choroid plexus cyst	2	3	3/3 patients (100%)	1/3 patients (33.4%)	ND
Choroid plexus papilloma	2	2	2/2 patients (100%)	0/2 patients (0%)	0/2 patients (0%)
Septum pellucidum cyst	1	2	2/2 patients (100%)	0/2 patients (0%)	ND
Ependymal cyst	1	2	2/2 patients (100%)	0/2 patients (0%)	ND
Arachnoid Cyst	1	2	0/2 patients (0%)	0/2 patients (0%)	ND
Neurocysticercosis	1	2	1/2 patients (50%)	1/2 patients (50%)	ND
Neuroepithelial tumor	2	2	2/2 patients (100%)	0/1 patient (0%)	0/1 patient (0%)
Glioneuronal tumor	2	2	2/2 patients (100%)	0/2 patients (0%)	0/2 patients (0%)
Cavernoma	1	1	1/1 patient (100%)	1/1 patient (100%)	0/1 patient (0%)
Hemangioma	1	1	1/1 patient (100%)	0/1 patient (0%)	0/1 patient (0%)
Epidermoid cyst	1	1	0/1 patient (0%)	1/1 patient (100%)	1/1 patient (100%)
Germinoma	1	1	1/1 patient (100%)	1/1 patient (100%)	0/1 patient (0%)

ND: no data.