Background: Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) has been deemed as the gold standard stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) mode for the treatment of intracranial tumors, cerebrovascular diseases and brain functional diseases. Our study was aimed to systematically evaluate the efficacy, safety, and complications of gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal schwannomas.
Method: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyze the clinical outcomes of patients with trigeminal schwannomas treated primarily or adjunctly with GKRS. We searched two databases, Pubmed and Embase, for studies published before January 1, 2021, using GKRS for trigeminal schwannomas. Studies reporting treatment of other schwannomas, or other forms of SRS such as linear accelerator and Cyberknife were excluded to reduce its heterogeneity.
Results: Our search achieved 351 studies, of which 35 were assessed for full-text eligibility. 19 studies were included in the meta-analysis. 456 of 504 patients (0.94, 95% CI 0.91-0.96, I = 3.02%, p < 0.01) from 18 studies had local control, and 278 of 489 patients (0.63, 95%CI 0.48-0.78, I = 88.75%, p < 0.01) from 16 studies experienced tumor regression or disappearance. 231 of 499 patients (0.50, 95% CI 0.37-0.62; I = 83.89%, P < 0.01) from 17 studies had clinical symptoms improved. There was no significant difference in tumor control between those treated with GKRS as either primary treatment or adjuvant to surgery(p = 0.390).
Conclusion: GKRS is an efficacious primary and adjuvant method of treating trigeminal schwannomas, with reliable tumor control rates. Randomized controlled trials are needed to further and comprehensively evaluate the benefit-to-risk ratio of gamma knife radiosurgery.
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