2020
Extent of Surgical Resection of Epidermoid Tumors Affects Risk of Recurrence: Results of the Largest Meta-analysis of 691 Patients
Shear B, Jin L, Zhang Y, David W, Fomchenko E, Erson-Omay E, Huttner A, Fulbright R, Moliterno J. Extent of Surgical Resection of Epidermoid Tumors Affects Risk of Recurrence: Results of the Largest Meta-analysis of 691 Patients. Journal Of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base 2020, 81: s1-s272. DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1702325.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Extent of resection of epidermoid tumors and risk of recurrence: case report and meta-analysis.
Shear BM, Jin L, Zhang Y, David WB, Fomchenko EI, Erson-Omay EZ, Huttner A, Fulbright RK, Moliterno J. Extent of resection of epidermoid tumors and risk of recurrence: case report and meta-analysis. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2019, 133: 291-301. PMID: 31277071, DOI: 10.3171/2019.4.jns19598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGross total resectionSubtotal resectionRecurrence rateAverage recurrence rateEpidermoid tumorsSafe gross total resectionTransient cranial nerve palsyUnderwent subtotal resectionCranial nerve palsyCommon surgical complicationExtent of resectionRisk of recurrenceTreatment of choiceCritical neurovascular structuresLong-term riskUse of adjunctsIntracranial epidermoid tumorsCubic spline modelsWeb of ScienceNerve palsyRepeat resectionInitial surgeryNatural cubic spline modelSurgical complicationsPooled proportion