Table 5.
Comparison of the present series with other published series of thalamic tumors
| Series | No. pediatric patients | No. adult patients | WHO grading | Total/subtotal resection | Postoperative improvement in preexisting motor deficits | Perioperative mortality | Median survival rate (months) | 5-year overall survival | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High- grade tumors | Low- grade tumors | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | High-grade tumors | Low-grade tumors | High-grade tumors | Low-grade tumors | |||
| Present series | 0 | 111 | 50 | 61 | 73.9 (82) | 34.1 (15/44) | 4.5 (5) | 12 | 40 | / | / |
| Cuccia, [2] | 26 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 35 (9) | 20 (2/10) | 8 (2) | 12† | 34† | / | / |
| Albright AL, [5] | 19 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 84 (16) | / | 5 (1) | / | / | / | / |
| Ozek, [7] | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 89 (16) | / | 0 | / | / | / | / |
| Puget S, [10] | 54 | 0 | 22 | 32 | 46.3 (25) | / | 4 (3) | 21 | >60 | 45.5 % | 87.5 % |
| Kramm CM, [13] | 99 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 19.2 (19) | / | / | / | / | 10.8 % | / |
| Sai Kiran NA, [15] | 26 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 63.4 (41) | 32.3 (10/31) | 0 | / | / | / | / |
| Steiger, [19] | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 71.4 (10) | / | 0 | 15 | 21 | / | / |
| Baroncini M, [21] | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 68.8 (11) | / | 0 | 11 | 37 | / | / |
| Kelly, [23] | 15 | 57 | 40 | 32 | 36 (26) | 27 (12/45) | 6.9 (5)‡ | 5 | 41 | / | / |
| Bilgniner B, [24] | 45a | 0 | 14 | 31 | 60 (27) | / | / | 15† | 85† | / | / |
a implied for patients 3–20 years old
b implied mean survival rate
c implied to be the number of patients that died within 7 days following operation