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Table 4 Risk factor analysis predicting transient and permanant cranial nerve palsy

From: Clinical outcomes and challenges of surgical extirpation for carotid body paraganglioma in South Korea: a single-center retrospective study

Variables

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Shamblin class

 Class I

 Class II

 Class III

Reference

2.50 (0.16–38.60)

0.63 (0.09–4.22)

0.512

0.630

Estimated blood loss

1.025 (1.003–1.048)

0.025

Proximal extent of the tumor

 Above C2 body

 At the C2 body

 Below C2 body

2.40 (0.29–19.78)

0.80 (0.06–11.29)

Reference

0.416

0.869

Tumor size

1.04 (0.967–1.120)

0.292