Surgically treated spinal metastases: Do prognostic scores have a role?

CONCLUSION: For evaluating the metastatic spine disease, this study evaluated the prognostic efficacy of four widely used scores: the Tomita, score, the modified Tokouhashi and Bauer scores, and the SINS scores. The Tomita scores provided the highest statistical significance, followed by the Bauer, and Tokuhashi scores, while the SINS score showed no significant correlation in predicting patient survival.
PMID: 28808607 [PubMed]

Source: Surgical Neurology International - August 18, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research