Table 4.

Karnofsky Performance Score

	Entire cohort		Surgical Resection		Biopsy
	N	%	N	%	N	%	p
Patients	55	100	25	45.5	30	54.5	-
Preoperative
100	0	-	0	-	0	-	-
90	17	30.9	10	40	7	23.3	0.18
80	23	41.8	8	32	15	50	0.18
< 80	15	27.3	7	28	8	26.7	0.91
Postoperative
100	13	23.6	9	36	4	13.3	0.05
90	22	40	8	32	14	46.7	0.27
80	6	10.9	4	16	2	6.7	0.27
< 80	14	25.5	4	16	10	33.3	0.14
3-month follow-up
100	5	9.1	4	16	1	3.33	0.10
90	7	12.7	3	12	4	13.33	0.88
80	6	10.9	2	8	4	13.33	0.53
< 80	12	21.8	7	28	5	16.7	0.31
0	25	45.5	-	-	-	-	-
12-month follow-up
100	4	7.3	2	8	2	6.7	0.85
90	1	1.8	1	4	0	-	0.27
80	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
< 80	10	18.2	7	28	3	10	0.08
0	40	72.7	-	-	-	-	-