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Table 9 Cases with and without preoperative motor weakness compared regarding final study outcomes

From: Surgical management of chronic subdural hematomas through single-burr hole craniostomy: is it sufficient?

 

Motor weakness Pre

P

Number

Percentage (%)

Number

Percentage (%)

Speech 1 month

 No

10

90.9

16

100.0

0.4**

 Yes

1

9.1

0

0.0

Motor weakness 1 month Post

 Negative

11

100.0

13

81.3

0.24**

 Positive

0

0.0

3

18.8

Markwalder grading scale Post

 0

6

54.5

11

68.8

0.53**

 1

5

45.5

4

25.0

 2

0

0.0

1

6.3

Mortality

 No

11

78.6

16

100.0

0.09**

 Yes

3

21.4

0

0.0

  1. Pre, preoperatively; Post, postoperatively; SD, standard deviation
  2. *Student’s t test
  3. **Fisher exact test