Measuring the Delay in the Referral of Unstable Vertebral Metastasis to the Spine Surgeon: A Retrospective Study in a Latin American Institution

Conclusion: We report a mean delay of 83.5 days in the surgical referral of VM (SINS >6, n = 98). Both groups showed cases of serious referral delay, with 25% of patients having the first surgical consultation more than three months after the CT study.

Source: Neurology India - October 18, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Federico Landriel Fernando Padilla Lichtenberger Liezel Ulloque-Caama & #241;o Candelaria Mosquera Martina Aineseder Jimena Maur Perotti Santiago Hem Source Type: research