Operation Approaches | Resection Extent | Operative Complications | Follow-Up | Recurrence | ||||
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Transsphenoidal | Transfrontal | Gross Total | Subtotal | Cases | Period (mo) | |||
Clival destruction | 26/32 (81.25%) | 6/32 (18.75%) | 0 | 32 | 5/32 (15.63%) | 14 | 6.78 ± 2.91 | 8/14 (57.14%) |
Without clival destruction | 330/358 (92.18%) | 28/358 (7.82%) | 99 | 259 | 13/358 (3.63%) | 56 | 8.58 ± 3.16 | 7/56 (12.50%) |
χ2 | χ2 = 3.142, | χ2 = 7.067 | P < .001a | χ2 = 10.739 | ||||
P | P = .076 | P = 0.008 | P = .001 |
a Two independent-samples t test.