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Table 5 Comparison of the present series with other published series of thalamic tumors

From: Surgical resection of unilateral thalamic tumors in adults: approaches and outcomes

Series

No. pediatric patients

No. adult patients

WHO grading

Total/subtotal resection

Postoperative improvement in preexisting motor deficits

Perioperative mortality

Median survival rate (months)

5-year overall survival

High- grade tumors

Low- grade tumors

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

High-grade tumors

Low-grade tumors

High-grade tumors

Low-grade tumors

Present series

0

111

50

61

73.9 (82)

34.1 (15/44)

4.5 (5)

12

40

/

/

Cuccia, [2]

26

0

17

9

35 (9)

20 (2/10)

8 (2)

12

34

/

/

Albright AL, [5]

19

0

12

7

84 (16)

/

5 (1)

/

/

/

/

Ozek, [7]

18

0

5

13

89 (16)

/

0

/

/

/

/

Puget S, [10]

54

0

22

32

46.3 (25)

/

4 (3)

21

>60

45.5 %

87.5 %

Kramm CM, [13]

99

0

99

0

19.2 (19)

/

/

/

/

10.8 %

/

Sai Kiran NA, [15]

26

15

22

19

63.4 (41)

32.3 (10/31)

0

/

/

/

/

Steiger, [19]

5

9

10

4

71.4 (10)

/

0

15

21

/

/

Baroncini M, [21]

16

0

9

7

68.8 (11)

/

0

11

37

/

/

Kelly, [23]

15

57

40

32

36 (26)

27 (12/45)

6.9 (5)

5

41

/

/

Bilgniner B, [24]

45a

0

14

31

60 (27)

/

/

15

85

/

/

  1. a implied for patients 3–20 years old
  2. b implied mean survival rate
  3. c implied to be the number of patients that died within 7 days following operation