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The goal of this study was to analyze the role of surgery in patients with skull base paragangliomas treated with CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for definitive tumor control. A retrospective review identified 22 patients (median age 65.5 years, 50% female) treated with SRS from 2010\u20132022. Fourteen patients (63.6%) underwent microsurgical resection. Gross total resection was performed in four patients for tympanic paraganglioma (n = 2), contralateral paraganglioma (n = 1), and intracranial tumor with multiple cranial neuropathies (n = 1). Partial\/subtotal resection was performed for the treatment of pulsatile tinnitus and conductive hearing loss (n = 6), chronic otitis and otorrhea (n = 2), intracranial extension (n = 1), or episodic vertigo due to perilymphatic fistula (n = 1). Eighteen patients had clinical and imaging follow-up for a mean (SD) of 4.5 (3.4) years after SRS, with all patients having clinical and radiological tumor control and no mortalities. 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