Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of paediatric patients including the present case (n = 40) with spinal clear cell meningioma identified in the published literature stratified according to recurrence.2–4,6–29
| Characteristic | Recurrence group n = 13 |
Non-recurrence group n = 27 |
Statistical analysisa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | NS | ||
| Female | 9 (69.2) | 20 (74.1) | |
| Male | 4 (30.8) | 7 (25.9) | |
| Extent of resection | P = 0.002 | ||
| Gross total resection | 9 (69.2) | 27 (100.0) | |
| Partial resection | 4 (30.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Number of involved segmentsb | P < 0.001 | ||
| 1–2 levels | 1 (7.7) | 19 (73.1) | |
| ≥3 levels | 12 (92.3) | 7 (26.9) |
Data presented as n of patients (%).
aBetween-group comparison; Fisher's exact test; NS, no significant difference (P ≥ 0.05).
bData regarding involved segments were not available for one case in the non-recurrence group.