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. 2020 Sep 10;2(1):vdaa113. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaa113

Table 3.

Surgical Resectability

Parameter All locations Convexity Skull base Posterior fossa
Simpson ≤3 (n = 254) Simpson >3 (n = 40) P Simpson ≤3 (n = 123) Simpson >3 (n = 6) P Simpson ≤3 (n = 90) Simpson >3 (n = 23) P Simpson ≤3 (n = 41) Simpson >3 (n = 11) P
Surgery Gender female (n = 291) 183 31 .568 85 4 1 71 19 .780 27 8 1
(72.0%) (77.5%) (69.1%) (66.7%) (78.9%) (82.6%) (65.9%) (72.7%)
Age (years) 58.89 ± 13.44 57.94 ± 11.89 .671 58.71 ± 14.54 56.16 ± 7.06 .671 58.60 ± 12.41 58.44 ± 12.30 .956 60.10 ± 12.35 57.86 ± 13.85 .605
Range (24–83) Range (34–83) Range (24–84) Range (44–65) Range (30–86) Range (41–83) Range (36–86) Range (41–83)
OP duration (min) 225.85 ± 99.51 273.45 ± 106.32 .006 193.02 ± 82.92 213.33 ± 37.71 .553 256.20 ± 111.81 251.26 ± 100.982 .848 257.76 ± 86.1 352.64 ± 103.625 .003
Range (60–870) Range (130–630) Range (60–545) Range (150–247) Range (90–870) Range (130–630) Range (130–480) Range (233–571)
Max. diameter (cm) 3.32 ± 1.58 3.12 ± 1.61 .492 3.60 ± 1.60 4.26 ± 2.17 .376 2.99 ± 1.59 2.39 ± 0.99 .107 3.19 ± 1.37 3.94 ± 1.69 .138
Range (0.46– 9.20) Range (1.00–7.60) Range (0.50– 9.20) Range (1.60–7.10) Range (0.46– 8.20) Range (1.00–4.30) Range (0.70– 6.00) Range (2.00–7.60)
Preoperative mRS 1.24 ± 0.92 1.40 ± 1.01 .304 1.11 ± 0.90 1.67 ± 1.03 .146 1.30 ± 0.92 1.43 ± 0.95 .533 1.46 ± 0.98 1.18 ± 1.17 .419
Range (0–5) Range (0–4) Range (0–5) Range (0–3) Range (0–4) Range (0–4) Range (0–4) Range (0–4)
Deficit 73 11 1 36 1 .672 27 5 .451 10 5 .135
(29.1%) (28.2%) (29.5%) (16.7%) (30.7%) (21.7%) (24.4%) (50.0%)
Recurrent surgery 18 11 <.0001 9 1 .390 5 8 .001 4 2 .595
(7.1%) (27.5%) (7.3%) (16.7%) (5.6%) (34.8%) (9.8%) (18.2%)
Tumor texture Vascularization 1.63 ± 0.68 1.90 ± 0.67 .016 1.44 ± 0.66 2.17 ± 0.41 .003 1.80 ± 0.62 1.87 ± 0.63 .626 1.83 ± 0.70 1.82 ± 0.87 .885
Heterogeneity 19.8% 40.0% .008 24.0% 66.7% .039 14.4% 43.5% .007 19.5% 18.2% 1
Adherence 1.80 ± 0.82 2.73 ± 1.11 <.0001 1.76 ± 0.86 2.33 ± 0.82 .086 1.86 ± 0.71 2.78 ± 1.00 <.0001 1.80 ± 0.93 2.82 ± 1.47 .030
Consistency 2.73 ± 1.05 2.99 ± 1.17 .259 2.82 ± 1.06 2.57 ± 0.94 .546 2.52 ± 0.97 3.17 ± 1.07 .015 2.90 ± 1.16 2.82 ± 1.47 .764

Bold numbers highlight significant values.