Risks of postoperative paresis in motor eloquently and non-eloquently located brain metastases.

BMC Cancer · 2014 · PMC3899614 · PMID 24422871

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0.1010

closest p · 2.0× alpha

0.3100

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showed a trendp = 0.101not close (p > 0.1)

In the motor eloquent group, proximity to the rolandic cortex showed a trend to be associated with postoperative paresis (p = 0.101).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.31not close (p > 0.1)

In the motor eloquent group, that trend was even larger, but did not reach statistical significance (eloquent: p = 0.31; non-eloquent: p = 0.08).

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a slight trendno p-value reported

Analysis of postoperative MRI Residual tumor The residual measured in the postoperative MRI was about 20%, with a slight trend towards less residual in monitored patients.

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