• Medicine · Nov 2019

    Efficacy of microsurgery for dural arteriovenous fistula: A systematic review protocol.

    • Guang-Fu Song, He Wang, Xin Li, Chuan He, and Ming-Li Mao.
    • Department of Neurosurgery.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Nov 1; 98 (45): e17288e17288.

    BackgroundMicrosurgery is a treatment option for dural arteriovenous fistula (DAF), but its efficacy is still unclear. This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of microsurgery for the treatment of patients with DAF.MethodsWe will carry out this study assessing the use of microsurgery in patients with DAF from the following electronic databases: PUBMED, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure. All those databases will be searched from inception to the present without language limitations. Two independent authors will perform study selection, data extraction, and methodological quality assessment. RevMan 5.3 Software will be applied for statistical analysis.ResultsThis study will assess the efficacy and safety of microsurgery for the treatment of patients with DAF through measuring initial treatment failure, late recurrence, neurological improvement, quality of life, and complications.ConclusionThis study will provide most recent evidence of microsurgery for the treatment of patients with DAF.Dissemination And EthicsThe findings of this systematic review will be published in peer-reviewed journals. This systematic review dose not needs ethic approval, because it just analyzes the published data without individual information involvement.Systematic Review RegistrationPROSPERO CRD42019144851.

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