Survival, fusion, and hardware failure after surgery for spinal metastatic disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Low rates of complete fusion and hardware failure were observed due to the high competing risk of death. Further prospective, case-control studies incorporating nonfusion instrumentation techniques may be warranted.
PMID: 33513569 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - January 29, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Yee TJ, Saadeh YS, Strong MJ, Ward AL, Elswick CM, Srinivasan S, Park P, Oppenlander ME, Spratt DE, Jackson WC, Szerlip NJ Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research