Table 3 Postoperative complications and fate at the third month
From: The role of intraoperative ultrasound in gross total resection of brain mass lesions and outcome
Parameters | IOUS group | Conventional group | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | Improvement, % | N | % | Improvement, % | ||
Operative death | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | <0.05 |
Motor weakness | 15 | 5 | 87 | 32 | 11 | 31 | |
Dysphasia | 6 | 2 | 100 | 18 | 6 | 33 | |
Decrease consciousness | 12 | 4 | 75 | 20 | 7 | 40 | |
CSF leak | 5 | 2 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 100 | |
Wound infection | 3 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 100 | |
Excessive brain edema | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
Mass bed hematoma | 4 | 1 | 100 | 12 | 4 | 50 | |
Number of patients with complications | 22 | 7 | 77 | 63 | 21 | 46 | |