Table 3 Surgical results and perioperative complications of the patients in the two groups

EOR (%)

0.0001

 GTR

21 (42.0%)

18 (66.7%)

3 (13.0%)

 NTR

19 (38.0%)

9 (33.3%)

10 (43.5%)

 STR

6 (12.0%)

0 (0%)

6 (26.1%)

 PR

4 (8.0%)

0 (0%)

4 (17.4%)

Intraope blood loss, ml (IQR)

400 (200–650)

450 (300–1000)

300(150–500)

0.002

Operation time, h

5.93 ± 2.13

7.3 ± 1.8

4.3 ± 1.2

0.0001

Postop Hospital days, d (IQR)

15 (9–20)

15 (14–21)

11(7–20)

0.092

Hospital days, d (IQR)

24 (17.7–30)

26 (22–32)

20(14–29)

0.063

Periop complications (%)

 Intracranial infection

18 (36.0%)

9 (33.3%)

9 (39.1%)

0.670

 CSF leakage

3 (6.0%)

1 (3.7%)

2 (8.7%)

0.459

 New pituitary dysfunction

24 (48.0%)

14 (51.9%)

10 (43.5%)

0.555

 Postoperative diabetes insipidus

15 (30.0%)

6 (22.2%)

9 (39.1%)

0.193

 Oculomotor nerve paralysis

6 (12.0%)

2 (7.4%)

4 (17.4%)

0.279

 Postoperative bleeding

21 (42.0%)

2 (7.4%)

15 (65.2%)

0.0001

 Vascular infarction

3 (6.0%)

1 (3.7%)

2 (8.7%)

0.459

 Periop mortality

1 (2.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (4.3%)

0.274