Open AccessIs there a correlation between the spinal instability neoplastic score and mechanical pain in patients with metastatic spinal cord compression? A prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Rodrigo Cavalcante,
Yvens Barbosa Fernandes,
Rômulo Alberto Silva Marques,
Vinícius Gonçalves dos Santos,
Edésio Martins,
Vladimir Arruda Zaccariotti,
João Arruda,
Claúdio E. Tatsui,
Andrei Fernandes Joaquim
Publication year - 2017
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/jcvjs.jcvjs_64_17
Subject(s) - medicine , visual analogue scale , prospective cohort study , cohort , surgery , spinal cord compression , spinal cord , anesthesia , physical therapy , psychiatry
The decision for selecting patients for surgical treatment of metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is challenging even for experienced surgeons. Recently, the spinal instability neoplastic score (SINS) has been proposed to help surgeons in the evaluation of spinal stability in the setting of spinal metastases. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between SINS and preoperative visual analog scale (VAS), as well as the pre- and post-operative association of the VAS and neurological function.