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Operative outcome and follow-up results in epidermoids
| Surgical approach | Postoperative outcome | Follow-up results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Deficit | Death | Mean follow-up duration (months) | Recurrence | |
| Retrosigmoid (12) | |||||
| GTR | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 |
| STR | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Combined approach (3) | |||||
| GTR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| STR | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Preoperative shunting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
STR – Subtotal resection; GTR – Gross-total resection
