Demographics
The nine articles(4, 12-19) that satisfied the criteria for inclusion in
the systematic review and meta-analysis were retrospective case series
published between 2009 and 2018. All the studies focused on management
of squamous cell carcinoma of the temporal bone. Patient demographics
were only available in six studies(4, 12-15, 18). The total population
of the included studies was 907 patients, 388 of whom had squamous cell
carcinoma. Studies ranged from 6 to 125 patients with an overall median
of 43.1 patients. The median age was 65.08 years (range, 3.8-92 years).
Gender was reported in six articles, with 140 (57.8%) male and 102
(42.14%) female.