Table 1 Patients’ clinical data and tumor characteristics
From: Total en bloc spondylectomy combined with the satellite rod technique for spinal tumors
Parameters | |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 45.5 (23~73) |
Gender (male/female) | 7/8 |
Previous treatment (n) | |
Surgery for primary tumor | 5 |
Chemotherapy | 6 |
Radiotherapy | 2 |
None | 5 |
Primary tumors (n = 9) | |
Giant cell tumors | 4 |
Plasmacytomas | 2 |
Aggressive hemangiomas | 3 |
Metastatic tumors (n = 6) | |
Lung | 2 |
Breast | 1 |
Liver | 1 |
Thyroid | 1 |
Prostate | 1 |
Tumor location (n = 15) | |
T1 | 1 |
T3 | 1 |
T8 | 1 |
T9 | 1 |
T11 | 2 |
T12 | 5 |
L1 | 4 |
Tomita’s classification (n = 15) | |
II | 4 |
IV | 7 |
V | 4 |
Revised Tokuhashi score for metastasis (n = 6) | |
9~11 | 3 |
12~15 | 3 |