Table 2.
Postoperative Morbidity
| Parameter | All locations | Convexity | Skull base | Posterior fossa | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No deficit (n = 206) | Deficit (n = 85) | P | No deficit (n = 91) | Deficit (n = 38) | P | No deficit (n = 79) | Deficit (n = 32) | P | No deficit (n = 36) | Deficit (n = 15) | P | ||
| Surgery | Gender female (n = 291) | 150 | 61 | .886 | 60 | 29 | .299 | 64 | 24 | .606 | 26 | 8 | .221 |
| (72.8%) | (71.8%) | (65.9%) | (76.3%) | (81.0%) | (75.0%) | (72.2%) | (53.3%) | ||||||
| Age (years) | 59.02 ± 13.23 | 58.12 ± 13.03 | .791 | 58.72 ± 14.26 | 57.92 ± 14.153 | .771 | 58.86 ± 12.66 | 57.75 ± 11.32 | .666 | 60.10 ± 11.96 | 59.44 ± 14.266 | .791 | |
| Range (24–86) | Range (26–83) | Range (24–84) | Range (26–83) | Range (30–86) | Range (41–79) | Range (36–82) | Range (34–79) | ||||||
| Duration of surgery (min) | 218.06 ± 91.55 | 263.31 ± 116.928 | <.0001 | 175.70 ± 54.67 | 236.37 ± 113.014 | <.0001 | 247.28 ± 105.13 | 272.34 ± 120.99 | .279 | 261.03 ± 91.04 | 312.27 ± 105.547 | .087 | |
| Range (60–870) | Range (108–630) | Range (60–360) | Range (108–545) | Range (90–870) | Range (130–630) | Range (130–480) | Range (164–571) | ||||||
| Max. diameter (cm) | 3.17 ± 1.56 | 3.59 ± 1.63 | .05 | 3.52 ± 1.60 | 3.88 ± 1.67 | .271 | 2.73 ± 1.45 | 3.22 ± 1.65 | .146 | 3.17 ± 1.56 | 3.59 ± 1.63 | .380 | |
| Range (0.46–8.6) | Range (1.10–9.20) | Range (0.50–8.6) | Range (1.70–9.20) | Range (0.46–8.2) | Range (1.10–7.50 | Range (0.46–8.6) | Range (1.10–9.20) | ||||||
| Preoperative mRS | 1.25 ± 0.92 | 1.28 ± 0.983 | .774 | 1.08 ± 0.79 | 1.26 ± 1.13 | .288 | 1.35 ± 0.975 | 1.25 ± 0.803 | .593 | 1.44 ± 1.03 | 1.40 ± 0986 | .887 | |
| Range (0–4) | range (0–5) | Range (0–3) | range (0–5) | Range (0–4) | range (0–4) | Range (0–4) | range (0–4) | ||||||
| Simpson grade | 2.09 ± 0.991 | 2.27 ± 0.923 | .039 | 1.67 ± 0.82 | 1.78 ± 0.71 | .462 | 2.47 ± 1.05 | 2.59 ± 0.8 | .462 | 2.33 ± 0.862 | 2.80 ± 1.09 | .118 | |
| Range (0–5) | Range (0–5) | Range (1–5) | Range (1–4) | Range (1–5) | Range (1–4) | Range (1–5) | Range (2–5) | ||||||
| Recurrent surgery | 21 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .722 | 10 | 3 | .544 | 3 | 3 | .343 | |
| (10.2%) | (9.4%) | (8.8%) | (5.3%) | (12.7%) | (9.4%) | (5.9%) | (5.9%) | ||||||
| Tumor texture | Vascularization | 1.60 ± 0.65 | 1.82 ± 0.73 | .016 | 1.35 ± 0.57 | 1.76 ± 0.79 | .003 | 1.80 ± 0.63 | 1.88 ± 0.61 | .534 | 1.81 ± 0.71 | 1.87 ± 0.83 | .850 |
| Heterogeneity | 22.5% | 23.5% | .878 | 24.7% | 28.9% | .661 | 20.3% | 21.9% | 1 | 22.2% | 13.3% | .703 | |
| Adherence | 1.81 ± 0.90 | 2.21 ± 0.91 | <.0001 | 1.62 ± 0.77 | 2.21 ± 0.94 | .001 | 2.01 ± 0.90 | 2.16 ± 0.77 | .382 | 1.86 ± 1.01 | 2.33 ± 1.18 | .157 | |
| Consistency | 2.74 ± 1.07 | 2.80 ± 1.08 | .651 | 2.71 ± 1.03 | 3.06 ± 1.07 | .100 | 2.67 ± 1.12 | 2.59 ± 0.80 | .182 | 2.97 ± 1.08 | 2.60 ± 1.50 | .247 | |
Bold numbers highlight significant values.