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Table 4 Intraoperative parameters

From: Clinical results of multidisciplinary therapy including palliative posterior spinal stabilization surgery and postoperative adjuvant therapy for metastatic spinal tumor

Variable

Value

Procedures

 Conventional posterior decompression and fixation, n (%)

31 (56.3)

 Minimally invasive spine stabilization, n (%)

24 (43.6)

Number of levels fused, mean (range)

5.5 (2–11)

Operation time, mean (range), (min)

201 (63–371)

Blood loss, mean (range), (ml)

474 (5–4140)

Perioperative complications, yes, n (%)

 Massive bleeding (> 1500 ml)

5 (9.0)

 Early death (within 30 days postoperatively)

3 (5.4)

 Epidural hemorrhage

2 (3.6)

 Wound dehiscence

2 (3.6)

 Upper airway obstruction

1 (1.8)

 Acute renal failure

1 (1.8)

 Surgical site infection

1 (1.8)

 Deep vein thrombosis

1 (1.8)