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Table 4 Changes of preexisting symptoms and the new-onset symptoms at the latest follow-up

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

 

With prior surgery (n = 45), n (%)

Without prior surgery (n = 48), n (%)

P values

Patients with symptoms

42

41

0.319

Improved

20 (47.6%)

31 (75.6%)

0.009

Unchanged

10 (23.8%)

3 (7.3%)

0.012

Worse

12 (28.5%)

7 (17.1%)

0.213

New-onset symptoms

6 (13.3%)

4 (8.3%)

0.515

  1. GKRS Gamma Knife radiosurgery. When we calculated the percentages of changes of preexisting symptoms, the number of patients with symptoms was used as denominator. Number of all patients was used as denominator when we calculated the percentages of new-onset symptoms in two groups
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BMC Neurology

ISSN: 1471-2377

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