From: Choice of intraoperative ultrasound adjuncts for brain tumor surgery
 | 2D (n = 85) | 3DUS (n = 51) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | |||
Age (in years) | 37.95 (14.70) | 43.23 (14.64) | 0.07 |
Gender | |||
Male | 58 | 35 | Â |
Female | 27 | 16 | 0.96 |
Prior treatment | |||
Yes | 28 | 9 | Â |
No | 57 | 42 | 0.05 |
Eloquent location | |||
Yes | 30 | 19 | Â |
No | 55 | 32 | 0.82 |
Depth of tumor | |||
Surfacing | 42 | 25 | Â |
Sub-cortical | 23 | 13 | 0.89 |
Deep | 20 | 13 | Â |
Histology | |||
Low grade | 19 | 15 | Â |
High grade | 66 | 36 | 0.36 |
Glioma location | |||
Lobar | 81 | 50 | Â |
No-lobar | 4 | 1 | 0.41 |
Delineation | |||
Poor | 7 | 7 | Â |
Moderate | 48 | 22 | 0.69 |
Good | 30 | 22 | Â |
Contrast enhancement pattern | |||
Negligible | 21 | 15 | Â |
Mixed | 52 | 26 | 0.99 |
Predominant | 12 | 10 | Â |