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Table 3 Relationship between preoperative neurological symptoms and tumor location

From: Symptomatic small schwannoma is a risk factor for surgical complications and correlates with difficulty of enucleation

	All tumors (n = 131)
	Tumor location		X² test	Logistic analysis
	Peropheral	Central	P value	OR	95 % CI	P value
Spontaneous pain
Y	27	5	0.567	0.696	0.217–2236	0.543
N	79	20	0.567	1
Tenderness
Y	46	12	0.677	1.097	0.414–2.901	0.853
N	60	13	0.677	1
Tinel sign
Y	56	21	0.004	2.893	0.854–9.801	0.088
N	50	4	0.004	1
Numbness
Y	23	15	<0.001	3.847	1.440–10,274	0.007
N	83	10	<0.001	1

Y yes, N no, OR odds ratio, CI confidential interval

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