Table 3.
Surgical outcomes/complications (unilateral).
| Surgical outcome | Weighted pooled estimate (%) | 95% CI | P | I2 (%) | Bias | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egger's | Begg's | |||||
| GTR | 94.6 | 90.7–97.5 | 0.001 | 59.0 | 0.271 | 0.363 |
| Recurrence | 2.6 | 0.04–6.0 | 0.012 | 53.1 | 0.710 | 0.427 |
| Vision improvement | 55.9 | 32.4–78.1 | <0.001 | 93.3 | 0.982 | 0.615 |
| Complication | ||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 1.3 | 0.1–3.3 | 0.042 | 41.5 | 0.182 | 0.317 |
| Infection | 1.2 | 0.0–2.9 | 0.192 | 23.1 | 0.335 | 0.415 |
| Stroke | 0.0 | 0.0–0.4 | 0.988 | 0.0 | 0.016 | <0.001 |
| Meningitis | 0.0 | 0.0–0.3 | 0.997 | 0.0 | 0.084 | 0.003 |
| Epilepsy | 1.8 | 0.2–4.1 | 0.04 | 42.6 | 0.409 | 0.239 |
| CSF leakage | 2.7 | 0.3–6.7 | 0.006 | 51.1 | 0.336 | 0.147 |
| New-onset anosmia | 7.5 | 0.4–19.8 | <0.001 | 94.1 | 0.698 | 0.124 |
| Hemorrhage | 0.9 | 0.0–2.2 | 0.889 | 0.0 | 0.582 | 0.785 |
| Death | 0.1 | 0.0–0.9 | 0.684 | 0.0 | 0.022 | 0.004 |