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Table 5 Outcomes after surgery

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

Variable

Value

Additional adjuvant therapy, n (%)

 Chemotherapy

31 (56.3)

 Radiotherapy

38 (69.0)

 Bone-modifying agent

39 (70.2)

Visual analogue scale (range)

0.9 (0–4)

Postoperative Barthel index, mean (range)

74.5 (0–100)

Postoperative course, n (%)

 Discharge to home

37 (67.2)

 Transfer to hospice

11 (20.0)

 In-hospital death

7 (12.7)