Middle meningeal artery embolization for chronic subdural hematoma: meta-analysis of three randomized controlled trials and review of ongoing trials.

Acta Neurochir (Wien) · 2025 · PMC12152056 · PMID 40493076

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failed to reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

However, in the meta-analysis, the effect size failed to reach statistical significance.

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highly significantno p-value reported

On the other hand, the only trial that examined the role of MMAE as an adjunct to surgery (EMBOLISE) had a highly significant result.

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