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.