Comparison of translabyrinthine and retrosigmoid approach for treating vestibular schwannoma: A meta-analysis

• Published in: Clinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 196; p. 105994
• Main Authors: Jun, Wu, Gao, Yun-long, Yu, Hai-guang, Huang, Qing-liang, Long, Xin-quan, Liu, Guo-hua, Ting, Xu, Zhong, Xiu-ying, Zhou, Yu-fan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.09.2020; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Cerebrospinal fluid; Confidence intervals; Cranial nerves; Facial nerve; Headache; Headaches; Hearing loss; Meningitis; Meta-analysis; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Retrosigmoid; Schwann cells; Skull; Systematic review; Tinnitus; Translabyrinthine; Tumors; Vestibular schwannoma; Vestibular system; United States > US; Translabyrinthine; ORs; NOS; RCTs; PRISMA; CIs; Retrosigmoid; WMD; Vestibular schwannoma; Odds Ratios; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; Randomized controlled trials; Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; Weighted Mean Difference; confidence intervals

•To roughly evaluate the efficacy and safety between trans-labyrinthine and retrosigmoid approach for treating vestibular schwannomas patients.•Potential studies were selected from PubMed, Web of Science and Cochrane Library. Gray relevant studies were manually searched.•A total of 9 publications, i...