Table 2.
Postoperative variables (after surgery for brain metastases)
| Variables | Total N N (%) |
Gross total resection N (%) |
Subtotal resection N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complications to surgery | |||
| None | 346 (93) | 222 (93) | 124 (92) |
| Intracranial hemorrhage | 10 (3) | 7 (3) | 3 (2) |
| Pneumonia or pulmonary embolism | 4 (1) | 1 (< 1) | 3 (2) |
| Bone flap infection | 1 (< 1) | 1 (< 1) | 0 (0) |
| CSF leakage | 5 (1) | 2 (2) | 3 (2) |
| Intracerebral abscess | 2 (< 1) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Other complication in need of neurosurgical intervention | 5 (1) | 3 (1) | 2 (1) |
| Postoperative neurological deficits | |||
| Unknown | 68 (18) | 46 (19) | 22 (16) |
| Unchanged | 215 (58) | 142 (60) | 73 (54) |
| Better | 64 (17) | 36 (15) | 28 (21) |
| Worse | 24 (7) | 12 (5) | 12 (9) |
| Much worsea | 2 (< 1) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Postoperative radiotherapy (within 6 weeks after surgery) | |||
| None | 114 (31) | 72 (30) | 42 (31) |
| SRT | 58 (16) | 31 (13) | 27 (20) |
| WBRT | 147 (39) | 102 (43) | 45 (33) |
| PBRT | 19 (5) | 13 (5) | 6 (4) |
| Both SRT and WBRT | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | 1 (< 1) |
| Unknown | 31 (8) | 17 (7) | 14 (10) |
aSevere neurological deterioration