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Table 1 Preoperative data of the study cohort

From: Controlled arterial hypotension during resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformations

 

Hypotension group

Control group

p-value

Epidemiology

 Number of patients

28

28

 

 Gender ratio (female: male)

14:14

14:14

 

 Age (years)

35 ± 12

34 ± 13

 

 Height (cm)

173 ± 9

172 ± 10

 

 Weight (kg)

74 ± 19

68 ± 17

 

Characteristics of the AVM

 Clinical presentation:

  pts. with ruptured AVM

7

14

0.098

  mRS on admission

0 [0; 1]

1 [0; 2]

0.025

  pts. without disability (mRS = 0)

19

11

0.061

 AVM size:

   < 3 cm

13

22

0.027

  3–6 cm

15

6

 

 Venous drainage of the AVM:

  Superficial

20

22

0.32

  Deep

13

8

 

 AVM location:

  within eloquent area

18

13

0.35

 Spetzler-Martin grading:

  grading on admission:

3 [2; 3]

2 [1.25; 2]

< 0.001

  pts. with grade 1 & 2

10

23

0.001

  pts. with grade 3 & 4

18

5

 
  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation in case of normal distribution or as median [25%, 75% percentile] otherwise. AVM arteriovenous malformation, mRS modified Rankin Scale, pts. patients
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