Vestibular schwannomas (VS) may cause hearing loss, balance disturbances, facial nerve dysfunction, and other symptoms that substantially affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). As multiple management strategies exist, understanding treatment-specific HRQoL outcomes is essential for patient-centered decision-making....
Clinicians counseling vestibular schwannoma patients on treatment choice should incorporate health-related quality of life evidence from this meta-analysis, which suggests treatment regimen significantly influences patient well-being outcomes.
This is the most comprehensive synthesis to date of quality-of-life outcomes across vestibular schwannoma treatment modalities, directly informing shared decision-making conversations audiologists and surgeons have with patients.
- 01Systematic review and meta-analysis compared HRQoL across surgery, radiotherapy, and observation for vestibular schwannoma.