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Table 4 Description of improvement in individual symptoms post- treatment by treatment type and results of association tests

From: Neurosymptomatic carvenous sinus meningioma: a 15-years experience with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery

 

Treatment

   

Variable

SRS

SRT

Total

 p

 

 n

 %

 n

 %

 n

 %

 

Pain Frontal/Facial/Paresthesia (V PAR-V1/V2)

      

0.550

  No

32

100.0

54

94.7

86

96.6

 

  Yes

0

0.0

3

5.3

3

3.4

 

Epilepsy

      

0.127

  No

30

93.8

57

100.0

87

97.8

 

  Yes

2

6.3

0

0.0

2

2.2

 

Cognitive/Dysthymic Alteration

      

0.131

  No

29

90.6

56

98.2

85

95.5

 

  Yes

3

9.4

1

1.8

4

4.5

 

Decreased Visual Acuity-AMBLYOPIA

      

0.820*

  No

20

62.5

37

64.9

57

64.0

 

  Yes

12

37.5

20

35.1

32

36.0

 

Visual Fields

      

0.522*

  No

18

56.3

36

63.2

54

60.7

 

  Yes

14

43.8

21

36.8

35

39.3

 

Proptosis

      

0.360

  No

31

96.9

57

100.0

88

98.9

 

  Yes

1

3.1

0

0.0

1

1.1

 

Palpebral Ptosis (III PAR) + Divergent Strabismus)

      

0.233*

  No

25

78.1

50

87.7

75

84.3

 

  Yes

7

21.9

7

12.3

14

15.7

 

Diplopiaa

      

0.363

  No

29

90.6

47

82.5

76

85.4

 

  Yes

3

9.4

10

17.5

13

14.6

 

Unilateral mydriasis unreactive to light- Anisocoria

      

>0.999

  No

28

87.5

50

87.7

78

87.6

 

  Yes

4

12.5

7

12.3

11

12.4

 

Total

32

100

57

100

89

100

 
  1. *Result on Fisher’s Exact Test.
  2. *Result on Chi Square Test.