found in their series of 124 patients; those who achieved gross-total resection had a median survival of 12.5 months and those who did not survived for a median of 4.2 months; however, this did not reach statistical significance.[ 38 ] Tendulkar et al . showed in their study of 271 patients; a median survival of 10.6 months following gross-total resection compared to 8.7 following subtotal resection; however, this did not reach statistical significance.[ 42 ] On the other hand, Jünger et al . found no difference in overall
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