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- Title
Comparison of the efficacy in improving trigeminal neuralgia in petroclival meningioma between microsurgery and radiosurgery: a meta-analysis.
- Authors
Byun, Joonho; Roh, Haewon; Jo, Hyunjun; Kwon, Woo Keun; Yoon, Won Ki; Kwon, Taek Hyun; Kim, Jong Hyun
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to systematically review studies in the literature to assess the superiority between microsurgery and radiosurgery regarding the efficacy in improving petroclival meningioma (PCM)-related trigeminal neuralgia (TN). PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane clinical trial databases were systematically searched from the inception until December 08, 2022. The overall proportion of patients with improved TN after treatment in all six included studies was 56% (95% confidence interval [CI], 35–76.9%). Higgins I2 statistics showed significant heterogeneity (I2 = 90%). Subgroup analysis showed that the proportion of improved TN was higher in the microsurgery group than that in the radiosurgery group (89%; 95% CI, 81–96.5% vs. 37%, 95% CI, 22–52.7%, respectively, p < 0.01). Subgroup analysis (for studies that documented the number of posttreatment Barrow Neurological Institute scores 1 and 2) revealed that the proportion of pain-free without medication after treatment was higher in the microsurgery group than that in the radiosurgery group (90.7%; 95% CI, 81–99.7% vs. 34.5%, 95% CI, 21.3–47.7.7%, respectively, p < 0.01). Based on the results of this meta-analysis, we concluded that microsurgery is superior to radiosurgery in controlling PCM-related TN.
- Subjects
TRIGEMINAL neuralgia; MICROSURGERY; RADIOSURGERY; MENINGIOMA; CONFIDENCE intervals
- Publication
Neurosurgical Review, 2023, Vol 46, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0344-5607
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10143-023-02225-8