Clinical Outcomes and Complications of Preoperative Embolization for Intracranial Giant Meningioma Tumorectomy: A Retrospective, Observational, Matched Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The potential benefits of preoperative embolization for intracranial meningiomas are still under debate. We aimed to investigate whether preoperative embolization can improve surgical and functional outcomes, based on controlling patient- and tumor-related confounding factors.

Methods

We reviewed all meningioma cases in our department from January 2016 to May 2021. Cases in the nonembolization cohort were matched to the embolization cohort by 1:1 ratio propensity score matching, through controlling patient- and tumor-related confounds. Surgical outcomes, complications, and functional outcomes were retrospectively compared between these two groups.

Results

Sixty-six cases in each group were included in our study after being matched. We did not find any signif

SUBMITTER: Yin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957910 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature