Table 4.
Surgical outcomes/complications (bilateral).
| Surgical outcome | Weighted pooled estimate (%) | 95% CI | P | I2 (%) | Bias | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egger's | Begg's | |||||
| Gross total resection | 90.9 | 85.6–95.4 | 0.003 | 58.1 | 0.991 | 0.298 |
| Recurrence | 4.7 | 1.4–9.2 | 0.006 | 55.3 | 0.589 | 0.915 |
| Vision improvement | 70.3 | 38.2–94.6 | <0.001 | 94.2 | 0.341 | 0.562 |
| Complication | ||||||
| Hydrocephalus | 0.9 | 0.0–2.9 | 0.461 | 0.0 | 0.062 | 0.058 |
| Infection | 1.4 | 0.1–3.4 | 0.219 | 20.6 | 0.598 | 0.125 |
| Stroke | 0.0 | 0.0–0.7 | 0.823 | 0.0 | 0.002 | <0.001 |
| Meningitis | 1.2 | 0.1–2.8 | 0.495 | 0.0 | 0.474 | 0.030 |
| Epilepsy | 1.6 | 0.3–3.5 | 0.662 | 0.0 | 0.328 | 0.104 |
| CSF leakage | 6.3 | 2.3–11.6 | <0.001 | 76.1 | 0.037 | 0.019 |
| New-onset anosmia | 9.4 | 1.0–23.0 | <0.001 | 90.1 | 0.090 | 0.052 |
| Hemorrhage | 1.9 | 0.2–4.8 | 0.037 | 42.6 | 0.301 | 0.470 |
| Death | 3.1 | 0.9–6.1 | 0.083 | 34.9 | 0.768 | 0.527 |