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A Revised Scoring System for Preoperative Evaluation of Metastatic Spine Tumor Prognosis

Spine · 2005 · Vol. 30(19) · pp. 2186–2191

Abstract

The prognostic criteria using the total scores from our revised scoring system were useful for the pretreatment evaluation of metastatic spinal tumor prognosis irrespective of treatment modality or local extension of the lesion.

Management of metastatic bone diseaseSpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicineScoring systemSurgeryMetastasisVertebraSurvival analysisInternal medicineCancer

MeSH terms

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Care PlanningPreoperative CarePrognosisProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSpinal Neoplasms
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Surgical Strategy for Spinal Metastases
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