Open AccessMalignant cord compression: A critical appraisal of prognostic factors predicting functional outcome after surgical treatment
Author(s) -
Cornelia Putz,
Joost J. van Middendorp,
M.H. Pouw,
Babak Moradi,
Rüdiger Rupp,
Norbert Weidner,
Carl Hans Fürstenberg
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.77670
Subject(s) - medicine , critical appraisal , outcome (game theory) , cord , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , mathematics , mathematical economics
Advanced tumor disease and metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) are two entities with a high impact on patients' quality of life. However, prognostic factors on the outcome after primary decompressive surgery are less well-defined and not yet standardized. The aim of this review was to identify prognostic variables that predict functional or ambulatory outcomes in surgically treated patients with symptomatic MSCC.