Changing the clinical course of glioma patients by preoperative motor mapping with navigated transcranial magnetic brain stimulation

Table 2 Postoperative course

		nTMS	non-nTMS	p-value
Median postoperative Karnofsky performance status (%)		80.0 (95% CI 76.1 – 83.9)	80.0 (95% CI 76.1 – 83.9)	0.3311
Median inpatient stay (days)		12.0 (95% CI 10.5 – 13.5)	14.0 (95% CI 11.6 – 16.4)	0.0446
Residual tumor (%)		34.3	54.3	0.0172
Unexpected residual (%)		15.7	32.9	0.0180
Surgery-related paresis (%)	None	78.6	70.0	0.1138
	Transient	8.6	4.3
	Permanent	12.9	25.7
Surgery-related complications on MRI (%)	Increasing edema	6.7	5.4	0.5154
	Ischemia	18.7	9.5
	Bleeding	13.3	17.6
	CSF circulation dysfunction	1.3	2.7

This table provides information about the postoperative course of the nTMS compared to the non-nTMS group, including Karnofsky performance status (KPS), inpatient stay, residual tumor, unexpected residual, surgery-related paresis, and surgery-related complications as shown by MRI.

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