The endoscope-assisted supraorbital "keyhole" approach for anterior skull base meningiomas: an updated meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The gold-standard treatment for symptomatic anterior skull base meningiomas is surgical resection. The endoscope-assisted supraorbital "keyhole" approach (eSKA) is a promising technique for surgical resection of olfactory groove (OGM) and tuberculum sellae meningioma (TSM) but has yet to be compared with the microscopic transcranial (mTCA) and the expanded endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) in the context of existing literature.

Methods

An updated study-level meta-analysis on surgical outcomes and complications of OGM and TSM operated with the eSKA, mTCA, and EEA was conducted using random-effect models.

Results

A total of 2285 articles were screened, yielding 96 studies (2191 TSM and 1510 OGM patients). In terms of effectiveness, gross total resection i

SUBMITTER: Khan DZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7474310 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature