Table 2. Tumor characteristics in patients undergoing VS resection via MCF approach.
| CSF leak n = 2 (3%) |
No CSF leak n = 64 (97%) |
p -Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumor laterality | 2 left | 33 right 31 left |
0.49 |
| Mean maximal tumor diameter (range), mm | 4.5 (3–6) | 10.2 (3–19) | 0.03 |
| Tumor location | IAC–2 | IAC–51 CPA–1 IAC + CPA − 12 |
0.99 |
| Gross total resection | 2 (100%) | 62 (96.88%) | 1.0 |
Abbreviations: CPA, cerebellopontine angle; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; IAC, internal auditory canal; MCF, middle cranial fossa; VS, vestibular schwannoma.