Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of study patients
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | |
Median | 54 |
Range | 34–72 |
Gender | |
Male | 17 (50) |
Female | 17 (50) |
Primary tumors | |
Lung | 13 (38.2) |
Breast | 7 (21.9) |
Prostate | 6 (17.6) |
Gastrointestinal | 2 (5.9) |
Other | 6 (17.6) |
Number of involved vertebrae | |
1–2 | 26 (76.5) |
> 2 | 8 (23.5) |
Visceral metastases | |
No | 23 (67.6) |
Yes | 11 (32.4) |
Frankel score at entry | |
A, B, C | 18 (52.9) |
D, E | 16 (47.1) |
Modified Tokuhashi score | |
0–8 | 22 (64.7) |
9–12 | 12 (35.3) |
SINS score | |
7–12 | 23 (67.6) |
13–18 | 11 (32.4) |