P30. Sarcopenia independently and accurately predicts survival in patients undergoing spine surgery for metastatic tumors: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Predicting survival and surgical morbidity in patients with spinal metastases would help guide clinical decision making and stratify treatments between surgical intervention and palliative care.

Source: The Spine Journal - August 23, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Hesham M. Zakaria, Yamaan S. Saadeh, Darryl Lau, Zach Pennington, Brandon M. Wilkinson, Ali Ahmed, Mohamed Macki, Hansen Deng, Ankush Chandra, Mohamed Abouelleil, Jonathan Rick, Jibran Fateh, Dean Chou, Daniel M. Sciubba, Paul Park, Victor Chang Source Type: research