Clinical Study

Second Surgery in Insular Low-Grade Gliomas

Table 4

Variable independently associated with tumor recurrence after surgical resection of insular LGGs in a multivariate proportional hazards analysis (Cox model). In the final model, the EOR remained the strongest independent significant predictor of TR after first surgery for insular LGG.

FactorTumor progression
HR95% CI

% EOR
(modelled as continuous variable)
0.9300.895–0.9670.001

EOR = extent of surgical resection.