Table 3.
Study characteristics and patients’ baseline. First author, study design, year of publication are reported; number of cases of nGBM, sex, mean age with range or CI, tumor location and technology used are reported.
| Author | Study Design | Year | nGBM | Sex M/F | Mean Age (Range) | Tumor Location (No) | Laterality | Surgical Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawasli et al. # | prospective single center case-series | 2013 | 6 | 4/2 | 46.7 (34–78) | thalamus (4), basal ganglia (1), corpus callosum (1) | NR | Neuroblate |
| Schroeder et al.* | retrospective single center case-series | 2014 | 3 | 1/2 | 54.6 (34–72) | basal ganglia and thalamus (not further specified) | Right (2) Left (1) | Neuroblate |
| Thomas et al. | retrospective single center case-series | 2016 | 8 | NR | 60.8 | corpus callosum (5), insula (2), thalamus (1) | NR | Neuroblate/Visualase |
| Rennert et al. | retrospective single center case-series | 2016 | 2 | 0/2 | 58. 5 (CI 52–65) | parietal (2) | Left (2) | Neuroblate |
| Kamath et al. # | retrospective single center case-series | 2017 | 23 | NR^ | NR^ | deep-seated (9) lobar (14) | NR | Neuroblate |
| Beaumont et al.* | retrospective multicenter case-series | 2018 | 9 | 7/2 | 56.4 (40–69) | corpus callosum (9) | Right (5) Left (2) Bilateral (2) | Neuroblate |
| Mohammadi et al.* | retrospective multicenter case-series compared with historical cohort | 2018 | 24 | 12/12 | 54 | lobar (11), deep (13) | NR | Neuroblate |
| Shah et al. | retrospective single center case-series | 2019 | 11 | 7/4 | 59 (40–71) | frontal (4), frontoparietal (2), Parietal (2), temporal (2), thalamus (1) | Right (3) Left (8) | Visualase |
| Kamath et al. # | retrospective single center case-series | 2019 | 17 | NR^ | NR^ | NR^ | NR | Neuroblate |
| Murayi et al.* | retrospective single center case-series | 2020 | 8 | 5/3 | 55.25 (34–72) | thalamus (8) | NR | Neuroblate |
| Jamshidi et al. | retrospective single center case-series | 2020 | 3 | 2/1 | 64 (59–73) | corpus callosum (3) | Bilateral (3) | Visualase |
#: might include part of the same population. *: might include part of the same population. NR: not reported. NR^ data pooled from different populations. CI: confidence interval. Mean age is reported in years.