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Table 2 Characterization of tumor and surgery

From: Safety and costs analysis of early hospital discharge after brain tumour surgery: a pilot study

Variables

General (66)

Pre-DAHD (32)

DAHD (34)

p

Tumor characteristics

 Histology

   

0.455

  Low grade glioma

11 (16.9)

4 (12.5)

6 (17.6)

 

  High-grade glioma

25 (38.5)

14 (43.8)

11 (32.4)

 

  Metastasis

28 (43.1)

13 (40.6)

16 (47.1)

 

  Meningothelial

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.9)

 

  Inflammatory process

1 (1.5)

1 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

 

 Previous chemotherapy

22 (33.8)

9 (29.0)

13 (38.2)

0.434

 Previous radiotherapy

12 (18.2)

7 (21.9)

5 (14.7)

0.450

 Number lesions resected

  1

61 (92.4)

31 (96.9)

30 (88.2)

0.387

  2

3 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

3 (8.8)

  3 or more

2 (3.0)

1 (3.1)

1 (2.9)

 Larger lesion diameter (mm)

44.5 (30.8–54.3)

47.5 (32.3–58.0)

41.0 (30.0–52.5)

0.345 a

 Infratentorial location

5 (7.6)

2 (6.3)

3 (8.8)

1.000

 Depth > 1 cm of the cortex

33 (50.8)

16 (51.6)

17 (50.0)

0.897

 Primary motor area involvement

15 (22.7)

7 (21.9)

8 (23.5)

0.873

 Laterality

   

0.707

  Right

25 (37.9)

10 (31.3)

15 (44.1)

 

  Left

34 (51.5)

18 (56.3)

16 (47.1)

 

  Bilateral

3 (4.5)

2 (6.3)

1 (2.9)

 

  Posterior Fossa

4 (6.1)

2 (6.3)

2 (5.9)

 

 Edema

   

0.064

  Absent

15 (22.7)

4 (12.5)

11 (32.4)

 

  Little edema

29 (43.9)

15 (46.9)

14 (41.2)

 

  Very edema

22 (33.3)

13 (40.6)

9 (26.5)

 

 Herniation

35 (53.0)

15 (46.9)

20 (58.8)

0.331

Characterization of surgery

 Emergency surgery

5 (7.6)

2 (6.3)

3 (8.8)

1.000

 Awake Surgery

3 (4.6)

1 (3.1)

2 (6.1)

1.000

 Duration of surgery (min)

213 (165–291)

213 (155–298)

218 (169–283)

0.773 a

 Duration of anesthesia (min)

325 (285–414)

315 (281–429)

335 (289–403)

0.667 a

  1. Data presented as n (%), except for lesion diameter (medians and quartiles)
  2. a Mann-Whitney test