Table 1.
Demographics and characteristics of included studies.
| Authors (year) | Country | Study design | Cohort size | Sex | Age (year) | Recurrence (%) | Type of surgery | Resection strategies | Follow-up (months) | NOS score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | ||||||||||
| Aho (2005) | USA | Retro- | 118 | 68 | 50 | NR | 17.8 | mTSS | GTR + STR | NR | 7 |
| Arko (2021) | USA | Retro- | 31 | 23 | 8 | NR | 25.8 | eTSS | STR | 28 | 6 |
| Barkhoudarian (2019) | USA | Retro- | 36 | 29 | 7 | 38 | 25.0 | eTSS | STR | 24 | 5 |
| Benveniste (2004) | USA | Retro- | 62 | 49 | 13 | NR | 16.1 | mTSS + eTSS | GTR + STR | 28 | 6 |
| Cabuk (2019) | Turkey | Retro- | 84 | 67 | 17 | 33 | 2.4 | eTSS | GTR + STR | 59 | 7 |
| Chong (2022) | China | Retro- | 37 | 23 | 14 | 48 | 59.5 | NR | NR | 8.1 years | 5 |
| Chotai (2015) | China | Retro- | 87 | 64 | 23 | 41 | 12.6 | eTSS + TCS | GTR + STR | 54 | 7 |
| Cohan (2004) | USA | Retro- | 24 | 19 | 5 | 31 | 8.3 | mTSS | GTR + STR | 17 | 5 |
| El-Mahdy (1998) | UK | Retro- | 28 | 16 | 12 | 45 | 3.6 | mTSS | GTR + STR | 24 | 5 |
| Fan (2012) | China | Retro- | 42 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 7.1 | mTSS + TCS | GTR + STR | 22 | 5 |
| Frank (2005) | Italy | Retro- | 22 | 14 | 8 | 37 | 4.5 | eTSS | GTR + STR | 33 | 5 |
| Higgins (2011) | USA | Retro- | 61 | 45 | 16 | 43 | 18.0 | TSSa+ TCS | GTR + STR | 61 | 8 |
| Jiang (2018) | China | Retro- | 13 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 0.0 | eTSS | STR | 17 | 5 |
| Kasperbauer (2002) | USA | Retro- | 29 | 18 | 11 | 46 | 27.6 | mTSS + eTSS + TCS | NR | 6.6 years | 6 |
| Kim (2004) | Korea | Retro- | 53 | 28 | 25 | 37 | 11.3 | mTSS + TCS | GTR + STR | 31 | 7 |
| Kim (2012) | Korea | Retro- | 40 | 29 | 11 | 41 | 10.0 | mTSS + eTSS + TCS | STR | 76 | 7 |
| Kinoshita (2016) | Japan | Retro- | 91 | 55 | 36 | 53 | 39.6 | mTSS + eTSS + TCS | STR | 80 | 8 |
| Koutourousiou (2009) | Greece | Retro- | 14 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 14.3 | mTSS | GTR | 29 | 5 |
| Kuan (2017) | USA | Retro- | 52 | 31 | 21 | 41 | 9.6 | eTSS | STR | 20 | 6 |
| Langlois (2019) | USA | Retro- | 73 | 56 | 17 | 40 | 24.7 | TSSa | GTR + STR | 4.0 years | 7 |
| Lillehei (2011) | USA | Retro- | 82 | 57 | 25 | 37 | 10.7 | TSSa+ TCS | STR | 46 | 6 |
| Limb (2021) | Australia | Retro- | 23 | NR | NR | NR | 47.8 | mTSS + eTSS + TCS | NR | 96 | 5 |
| Lin (2019) | USA | Retro- | 109 | 80 | 29 | 45 | 26.6 | mTSS + eTSS | GTR + STR | 67 | 7 |
| Madhok (2010) | USA | Retro- | 35 | NR | NR | 34 | 5.7 | eTSS | STR | 19 | 6 |
| Marcus (2020) | UK | Retro- | 61 | F:M = 2:1 | 55 | 19.7 | mTSS + eTSS | GTR + STR | 34 | 7 | |
| Mendelson (2015) | USA | Retro- | 11 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 36.4 | eTSS | STR | 24 | 5 |
| Montaser (2021) | USA | Retro- | 116 | 86 | 30 | 39 | 11.2 | eTSS | STR | 15 | 6 |
| Mukherjee (1997) | UK | Retro- | 12 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 33.3 | mTSS + TCS | STR | 30 | 5 |
| Ogawa (2011) | Japan | Retro- | 155 | 97 | 58 | 46 | 17.4 | TSSa | STR | 24 | 7 |
| Park (2012) | USA | Retro- | 73 | 40 | 33 | 35 | 16.4 | mTSS | STR | 59 | 7 |
| Potts (2011) | USA | Retro- | 151 | 119 | 32 | 40 | 11.3 | mTSS + eTSS | STR | 30 | 8 |
| Ratha (2017) | India | Retro- | 27 | 17 | 10 | NR | 3.7 | mTSS + eTSS | GTR + STR | 38 | 5 |
| Ross (1992) | USA | Retro- | 43 | 33 | 10 | 34 | 2.3 | mTSS + TCS | STR | 68 | 6 |
| Sade (2005) | Canada | Retro- | 10 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 0.0 | TSSa+TCS | GTR + STR | 32 | 5 |
| Sala (2018) | USA | Retro- | 72 | 53 | 19 | 45 | 13.9 | TSSa | GTR + STR | 54 | 6 |
| Sharifi (2022) | Iran | Retro- | 27 | 24 | 3 | 38 | 0.0 | eTSS + TCS | GTR + STR | 18 | 5 |
| Tate (2010) | USA | Retro- | 176 | 132 | 44 | NR | 11.4 | mTSS + TCS | STR | NR | 6 |
| Trifanescu (2011) | UK | Retro- | 33 | 20 | 13 | 43 | 21.9 | TSSa+ TCS | STR | 48 | 6 |
| Truong (2021) | France | Retro- | 18 | 14 | 4 | 36.7 | 23.5 | mTSS + eTSS + TCS | GTR + STR | 73 | 5 |
| Wait (2010) | USA | Retro- | 73 | 56 | 17 | 40 | 11.0 | mTSS | GTR + STR | 27 | 7 |
| Wedemeyer (2019) | USA | Retro- | 91 | 68 | 23 | 42 | 21.8 | mTSS + eTSS + TCS | STR | 69 | 7 |
| Yamada (2022) | Japan | Retro- | 27 | 20 | 7 | 45 | 29.6 | eTSS | STR | 52 | 6 |
| Zhang (2021) | China | Retro- | 72 | 42 | 30 | 42 | 0.0 | eTSS | GTR + STR | 61 | 7 |
| Zhong (2012) | China | Retro- | 45 | 24 | 21 | 47 | 14.6 | mTSS + TCS | GTR + STR | 16 | 6 |
NR, no record; eTSS, endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; mTSS, microscopic transsphenoidal surgery; TCS, transcranial surgery; GTR, gross total resection; STR, subtotal resection.
a
Not clarified endoscopic or microscopic.