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. 2020 Oct 22;6(10):e05299. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05299

Table 2.

Correlation of tumor location during transphenoidal surgery and lateralization by IPSS, venous drainage, and dMRI.

IPSS
p-value
Right Left Symmetric
Venous drainage:
VD (right) 8 (100%) 0 0 P = 1
VD (left) 0 5 (100%) 0
VD (symmetric)
0
0
4 (100%)
MRI:
MRI (right) 0 2 (100%) 0 <0.0001
MRI (left) 1 (33.3%) 1 (33.3%) 1 (33.3%)
MRI (central) 5 (55.6%) 2 (22.2%) 2 (22.2%)
MRI (central and left) 1 (50%) 0 1 (50%)
MRI (central and right)
1 (100%)
0
0
Surgery:
Main location (right) 0 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 0.431
Main location (left) 0 1 (100%) 0
Main location (central) 5 (55.6%) 2 (22.2%) 2 (22.2%)
Main location (central and left) 2 (66.7%) 0 1 (33.3%)
Main location (central and right) 1 (100%) 0 0
Total 8 (47.1%) 5 (29.4%) 4 (23.5%)

Bold value indicates correlation of tumor location during transphenoidal surgery and lateralization by IPSS, venous drainage, and brain MRI.