Clinical Study
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%) |
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