Spinal cord compression as the first manifestation of metastatic malignancies: A retrospective study of surgical outcomes from a single institution

• Published in: Asian journal of surgery Vol. 47; no. 8; pp. 3442 - 3447
• Main Authors: Ho, Ue-Cheung, Lai, Dar-Ming, Xiao, Fu-Ren, Yang, Shih-Hung, Chen, Chang-Mu, Tsuang, Fon-Yih
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Case-Control Studies; Debulking surgery; Female; Frankel scale; Humans; Male; Metastatic spinal cord compression; Middle Aged; Palliative Care - methods; Palliative surgery; Retrospective Studies; Spinal Cord Compression - etiology; Spinal Cord Compression - mortality; Spinal Cord Compression - surgery; Spinal Neoplasms - complications; Spinal Neoplasms - mortality; Spinal Neoplasms - secondary; Spinal Neoplasms - surgery; Survival Rate; Tomita score; Treatment Outcome; Palliative surgery; Tomita score; Metastatic spinal cord compression; Debulking surgery; Frankel scale

Given the limited studies addressing the issue about the effect of different surgical modalities for metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) as the first malignancy manifestation, we conducted a retrospective case-control study to evaluate the surgical outcome of MSCC as the first malignancy manif...