We sought to analyze contemporary clinical trials since 2010 involving vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients undergoing microsurgical resection to characterize the landscape of trial outcomes studied, as well as the representation of recruited participants by sex, race, and ethnicity. DATABASES REVIEWED: PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, and Web of Science.
This scoping review maps the clinical trial landscape for vestibular schwannoma surgery but does not yet provide new outcome data; clinicians should watch for future systematic reviews or pooled analyses that may follow from this groundwork.
Identifying gaps and inconsistencies in vestibular schwannoma surgical trial design can guide more standardized, higher-quality future research that could eventually change surgical practice.
- 01Scoping review covers clinical trials on vestibular schwannoma microsurgery published since 2010.
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