Tinnitus after treatment of vestibular schwannoma: a systematic review and comparative analysis of microsurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare tinnitus outcomes following microsurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma.

Methods

The databases MEDLINE (via Ovid), EMBASE (via Ovid), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (via Ovid), SCOPUS, CINAHL (EBSCO), and Web of Science were searched for studies comparing microsurgery and radiosurgery treatment, and reporting tinnitus outcomes. Longitudinal tinnitus assessment with pre-treatment evaluation was required for inclusion. Fractionated radiotherapy treatment was excluded. Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to assess the quality of the included studies. A separate random-effects meta-analysis was performed for the continuous, binary and ordinal tinnitus outcomes, wit

SUBMITTER: Govindaraj R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11937193 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature