Table 1.
Previous reports of simultaneous resection of multiple brain tumors with multiple craniotomies
| Author | Number | Type of tumors | Site of primary tumor | Overall median survival time |
| Bindai R, et al.18) | 16 | metastasis | melanoma, breast, lung, sarcoma, colon, renal, and obary | Not available |
| Hassaneen W, et al.16) | 20 | glioblastoma | Not applicable | 9.7 months |
| Auslands K, et al.19) | 8 | metastasis | melanoma, breast, gastrointestinal tract, lung, ovaryand cervix, and kidney | Not available |
| Tanei T, et al.1) | 1 | metastasis | melanoma | 4 months |
| Baker CM, et al.2) | 20 | metastasis | lung, melanoma, renal, breast, colon, and testes | 10.8 months |