Open AccessPredictors of survival in surgically treated patients of spinal metastasis
Author(s) -
Pravin Padalkar,
Benjamin Tow
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.82333
Subject(s) - medicine , scoring system , log rank test , logistic regression , metastasis , overall survival , proportional hazards model , cancer , oncology , surgery
The spinal metastasis occurs in up to 40% of cancer patient. We compared the Tokuhashi and Tomita scoring systems, two commonly used scoring systems for prognosis in spinal metastases. We also assessed the different variables separately with respect to their value in predicting postsurgical life expectancy. Finally, we suggest criteria for selecting patients for surgery based on the postoperative survival pattern.