Table 1 Baseline characteristics
Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
Patients, n | 55 |
Age at surgery, mean (range), years | 66.8 (26–92) |
Sex, n (%) | |
Male | 37 (67.2) |
Female | 18 (32.7) |
Metastatic tumor diagnosis, n (%) | |
Lung | 11 (20.0) |
Liver | 9 (16.3) |
Prostate | 6 (10.9) |
Myeloma | 5 (9.0) |
Kidney | 4 (7.2) |
Thyroid | 4 (7.2) |
Lymphoma | 3 (5.4) |
Gallbladder | 3 (5.4) |
Breast | 2 (3.6) |
Sarcoma | 2 (3.6) |
Others | 5 (9.0) |
Unknown | 1 (1.8) |
Main level of tumors, n (%) | |
Cervical | 9 (16.3) |
Thoracic | 32 (58.1) |
Lumbar | 14 (25.4) |
Preoperative modified Frankel category, n (%) | |
A | 2 (3.6) |
B | 1 (1.8) |
C | 19 (34.5) |
D1 | 15 (27.2) |
D2 | 1 (1.8) |
D3 | 10 (18.1) |
E | 7 (12.7) |
Visual analogue scale (range) | 4.6 (1–10) |
Tokuhashi score, n (%) | |
0–8 | 40 (72.7) |
9–11 | 9 (16.3) |
12–15 | 6 (10.9) |
Spinal instability neoplastic score, n (%) | |
0–6 | 6 (10.9) |
7–12 | 48 (87.2) |
13–18 | 1 (1.8) |
Epidural spinal cord compression scale, n (%) | |
0 | 1 (1.8) |
1a | 4 (7.2) |
1b | 4 (7.2) |
1c | 3 (5.4) |
2 | 23 (41.8) |
3 | 20 (36.3) |
Preoperative Barthel index, mean (range) | 48.7 (0–100) |