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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Comparison of clinical outcomes in patients who underwent Gamma Knife radiosurgery for parasellar meningiomas with or without prior surgery

Characteristics

Value

Sex

 Male

30 (32.3%)

 Female

63 (67.7%)

Patients with prior surgery

45 (48.4%)

Median Age (range), yr

48.6 (15.2–78.7)

Median Tumor volume (range), cm3

5.02 (1.07–35.46)

Indication for GKRS

 Primary

48 (51.6%)

 Residual

31 (33.3%)

 Recurrent

14 (15.1%)

Median time interval between surgery and GKRS (range), month

 For all patients

5.1 (0.17–300)

 For recurrent patients

33.6 (3.8–300)

 For patients with residual tumor

3.8 (0.17–12)

GKRS parameters

 Median margin dose (range), Gy

12 (10–15)

 Mean margin dose, Gy

12.2

 Median maximum dose (range), Gy

25 (20–33.3)

 Mean maximum dose, Gy

25.8

 Median isodose line (range)

47% (43–50%)

Mean imaging follow-up in months (range)

40.7 (6–119.4)

Mean clinical follow-up in months (range)

52.7 (9.6–123.4)

  1. Abbreviations: yr year; GKRS Gamma Knife radiosurgery