Table 2 Characteristics of quality grade and cases of complications for included studies
From: Endoscopic versus microscopic transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma surgery: a meta-analysis
Study | Quality grade | Cases of epistaxis | Cases of CSF leak | Cases of DI | Cases of meningitis | Cases of septal perforation | Cases of hypopituitarism | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | ||
Chen et al. [7] | I | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
D'Haens et al. [8] | I | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | 1 | 0 |
Higgins et al.[9] | I | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | NA | NA | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
O'Maley et al. [10] | I | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | NA | NA | 0 | 1 |
Choe et al. [11] | I | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | NA | NA | 1 | 3 |
Casler et al. [12] | I | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | NA | NA | 0 | 3 | NA | NA |
Atkinson et al. [13] | I | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Sheehan et al. [14] | I | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | 0 | 2 | NA | NA |
White et al. [15] | I | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | NA | NA |
Razak et al. [16] | I | NA | NA | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Messerer et al. [17] | I | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | NA | NA | 5 | 9 |
Cappabianca et al. [18] | II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Koren et al. [19] | II | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 6 | NA | NA |
Duz et al. [20] | II | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Neal et al.[21] | II | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |