5-Aminolevulinic Acid Fluorescence in High Grade Glioma Surgery: Surgical Outcome, Intraoperative Findings, and Fluorescence Patterns

Table 1

Clinical and surgical characteristics of patients.

Parameter	No. (%)
Number of patients	94
Male/female	53/41
Mean age	58
Newly diagnosed HGG	61
Recurrent HGG	33
Tumor grade
GBM	81
Grade III glioma	13
Astrocytoma	7
Oligoastrocytoma	3
Oligodendroglioma	3
Tumor location
Eloquent area	43
Noneloquent area	51
Monitoring assisted surgery
Eloquent area tumors	43 (100%)
Noneloquent area tumors	45 (88%)