Table 3 Surgical outcome according to different variables
From: Surgical management and outcome of intramedullary spinal cord tumour
Preoperative good | Post-operative good | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Resection | Total | 7 | 10 | 0.008 |
Subtotal | 3 | 2 | ||
Localization | Cervical | 5 | 7 | 0.334 |
Dorsal | 4 | 4 | ||
Extension | Fewer than 4 segments | 7 | 9 | 0.019 |
More than 4 segments | 3 | 3 | ||
Histology | Astrocytoma | 3 | 2 | 0.022 |
Ependymoma | 7 | 9 | ||
Haemangioma | 0 | 1 | ||
Haemangioblastoma | 0 | 0 |