A favourable outcome defined as final best-corrected visual acuity of 20/200 or better was found in only one patient, which was similar to the study by Shah et al. [15] wherein the visual outcomes in these patients even after treatment were generally poor.
iv) Favourable outcome; defined as absence of any of the above.
Thus, all operable patients are eligible to receive short-course high-dose preoperative radiotherapy (25 Gy in five fractions over 5 days) but favourable tumours defined as node negative: T1, T2 or T3a cases that can undergo curative resection by optimised surgery alone.
For data analysis, the patient population was split into two groups according to the following outcomes: 'favourable' (defined as CPC 1 or 2) and 'unfavourable' (defined as CPC 3 to 5).
A favourable outcome was defined as a CPC 1 or 2 and poor outcome as CPC 3 5.
Compared with conventional spinning processes, this in-process heat treatment permits the extension of existing forming limits and allows more complex geometries to be achieved, together with defined, favourable part properties.
Demographics and clinical characteristics were recorded on admission as well as the need for continuous IT (target glucose levels: 110 150 mg/dL) and 3-month neurological outcome (favourable outcome was defined as a Glasgow Outcome Scale of 4 5).
The sample size was calculated for estimating programme defined "favourable" treatment outcomes (cured and treatment completed) with 95% confidence levels, with an absolute precision of ±3%.
We defined favourable functional outcome as mRS score ≤1 and poor functional outcome as mRS score ≥2.
The patients' 1-month survival rate, and favourable neurological outcome (defined as cerebral performance category 1 2) at 1-month.
A favourable outcome was defined as a score of 5, and an unfavourable outcome as a score 1 4.
