Variable

P value (GTR vs STR)

Age

NS

Sex

NS

Prehistory

NS

Major Presenting Symptoms:

Endocrine imbalance

NS

Visual Impairment

NS

Headache

NS

Nausea and Vomiting

NS

Tumor Features

Cystic

0.034*

Mixed

0.017*

Solid

NS

Calcification

0.0008*

Tumor Location

Suprasellar

0.038*

Intrasellar

0.009*

Intra-third ventricular

0.025*

Surgical Approach

Open Craniotomy

0.209

Pterional

NS

Transcallosal-transchoroidal

NS

Transcortical-transventricular

NS

Trans-sphenoidal

0.209