By Robert Linnehan
Surgery for metastatic spinal cord compression decreased pain scores and improved patients’ autonomy and was associated with limited morbidity, according to study findings.
Researchers retrospectively analyzed the surgery outcomes, prognostic factors for survival, and relevance and accuracy of Tomita and Tokuhashi scores for patients with malignancies associated with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC).
A total of 148 patients underwent surgical treatment of MSCC at the researchers’ institution between 2004 and 2010. Among these patients, 73% had laminectomy with spinal fixation.
