Surgical approach No. of cases with complete removal/No. of all cases % Anterior inter-hemispheric approach 52/61 85.2% Transsphenoidal approach 21/25 84.0% Pterional approach 7/12 58.3% Endoscope 1/2 50.0% Total 81/100 81.0%

Table 2: Rates of total tumor removal for different surgical approaches.