Retrospective analysis of salvage surgery for local progression of brain metastasis previously treated with stereotactic irradiation: diagnostic contribution, functional outcome, and prognostic factors

Table 3 Surgical technique and outcome

	All lesions	Minimum resection +/− SRT	Resection with free margin	P value
Number of lesions	54	26	28
Local recurrence	13 /54 (24%)	9 /26 (34.6%)	4 /28 (14.3%)	0.07
Leptomeningeal Dissemination	3 /54 (5.6%)	3 /26 (11.5%)	0 /28 (0%)	0.105

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