Table 4:

Clinical associations of clival invasion

Operation ApproachesResection ExtentOperative ComplicationsFollow-UpRecurrence
TranssphenoidalTransfrontalGross TotalSubtotalCasesPeriod (mo)
Clival destruction26/32 (81.25%)6/32 (18.75%)0325/32 (15.63%)146.78 ± 2.918/14 (57.14%)
Without clival destruction330/358 (92.18%)28/358 (7.82%)9925913/358 (3.63%)568.58 ± 3.167/56 (12.50%)
χ2χ2 = 3.142,χ2 = 7.067P < .001aχ2 = 10.739
PP = .076P = 0.008P = .001
  • a Two independent-samples t test.