Table 1.
The main findings of the pertinent articles included in our meta-analysis are here summarized.
| Authors | N° patients | Mean age | % of males | Median tumor diameter (cm) | % cavernous sinus invasion | % of non functioning tumors | % EEA | % microscopic TSA | % TCA | % GTR | % STR | Median FU (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iglesias P. 2020 | 40 | 54 | 60% | 4.60 | 27.5% | 100% | 77,5% | 10% | 12.5% | 25% | 36 | |
| Yang C. 2019 | 60 | 51 | 68.3% | 5.26 | 58% | 88% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 46.7% | 41.7% | 42.5 |
| Elshazly K. 2018 | 55 | 55.5 | 64% | 5.1 | 69% | 92.7% | 96.4% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 47% | 41 |
| Han S. 2017 | 62 | 47.5 | 66.1% | 4.7 | 42% | 87% | 69.3% | 0% | 6.5% | 35.5% | 75.8% | 46.9 |
| Nishioka H. 2017 | 128 | 48.1 | 55.5% | 4.8 | 54% | 100% | 46.9% | 38.2% | 0% | 29.7% | 68.7% | 62.2 |
| Yano S. 2017 | 34 | 54.5 | 58.8% | 4.55 | 82.40% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 76.1 | ||
| Kuo C. 2016 | 38 | 50.8 | 63.1% | 71% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 21.1% | 72.9 | |||
| Landeiro JA 2015 | 35 | 48.2 | 54.2% | 20% | 100% | 85.7% | 0% | 0% | 68.6% | 49 | ||
| Shimon I. 2015 | 34 | 34.9 | 44.1% | 4.94 | 88.2% | 0% | 3% | 106.8 | ||||
| Gondim JA 2014 | 50 | 48.2 | 66% | 5.4 | 32% | 84% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 18% | 60 |
| Wang S. 2014 | 36 | 44 | 61.1% | 5.38 | 38.9% | 72.20% | 0% | 77.8% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 15.5 | |
| Koutourousiou M. 2013 | 54 | 52.9 | 85.1% | 5.0 | 94.4% | 76% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 20.4% | 66.7% | 37.9 |
| Guo F. 2012 | 15 | 50 | 53.3% | 66.70% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 67% | 40 | |||
| Nakao N. 2011 | 43 | 55 | 53.5% | 4.7 | 9.3% | 100% | 97.7% | 0% | 0% | 47% | ||
| de Paiva Neto MA 2010 | 51 | 48 | 63% | 4.5 | 60.8% | 76.50% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 41.2% | 20% | 30 |
| Sinha S. 2010 | 250 | 36.8 | 75.2% | 5.4 | 41.2% | 54.30% | 0% | 38.4% | 58% | 74% | 29.6 | |
| D'ambrosio AL 2009 | 11 | 48 | 72.7% | 27.2% | 82% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 55% | 9% | 51.6 | |
| Xue-Fei S. 2008 | 54 | 51 | 53.7% | 6.3 | 25.9% | 77% | 0% | 29.6% | 70.4% | 33.3% | 51.9% | 42.9 |
| Mortini P. 2007 | 95 | 48.4 | 69.5% | 4.65 | 75.8% | 73.30% | 0% | 72.7% | 12.6% | 14.7% | 56.9 | |
| Goel A. 2004 | 118 | 43.6 | 55% | 5.1 | 52.5% | 100% | 0% | 89% | 2.5% | 29.7% | 40.6% | 31 |
Abbreviations: cm: centimeters; EEA: endoscopic endonasal approach; GTR: gross total resection; STR: subtotal resection; TSA: transsphenoidal approach; TCA: transcranial approach.