Table 3.
Treatment details of 33 adult UTGs
| Characteristics | No. (%) of patients |
|---|---|
| Approaches | |
| Parieto-occipital transventriclular approach | 22(66.7) |
| Frontal transcortical approach | 6(18.2) |
| Precentral interhemispheric transcallosal interforniceal approach | 5(15.2) |
| Extent of surgical resection | |
| Gross total tumor resection (≥90 %) | 19 (57.6) |
| Subtotal tumor resection (≥80 but <90 %) | 9 (27.3) |
| Partial tumor resection (<80 %) | 5 (15.2) |
| Location of residual tumor | |
| Posterior part of the third ventricle | 3 (20)a |
| Lateral part of the thalamus adjacent to the internal capsule | 6 (40)a |
| Medial and internal part of the thalamus | 6 (40)a |
| Preoperative ventricular peritoneal shunt | |
| Yes | 7 (21.2) |
| No | 26 (78.8) |
| Postoperative ventricular peritoneal shunt | |
| Yes | 4 (12.1) |
| No | 29 (87.9) |
| Postoperative adjuvant therapy | |
| Radiotherapy + chemotherapy | 10 (30.3) |
| Radiotherapy | 16 (48.5) |
| Chemotherapy | 2 (6.1) |
aPercentage refers to the comparison reasons of the total residual tumor numbers of the patients (100 %)