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Table 2 Analysis of total removal related factors

From: Endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenomas surgery: the surgical experience of 178 consecutive patients and learning curve of two neurosurgeons

 

Number

Total removal

Non-total

P value

Tumor size

 HardyI,II

75

63 (84%)

12 (16%)

0.006

 Hardy III,IV

103

66 (64%)

37 (36%)

Endocrine type

 Functional

86

63 (73%)

23 (27%)

0.868

 Non

92

66 (72%)

26 (28%)

Invasiveness

 Invasive

109

61 (56%)

48 (44%)

0.0001

 Non

69

68 (99%)

1 (1%)

Invading direction

 Purely laterally

44

24 (55%)

20 (45%)

0.003

 Purely vertically

37

32 (86%)

5 (14%)

Knosp Grade

 Knosp 1–2

15

12 (80%)

3 (20%)

0.002

 Knosp 3–4

57

18 (32%)

39 (68%)