Prognostic Factors in Anterior Decompression for Metastatic Cord Compression. An Analysis of Results

Overview

Journal Eur Spine J

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 1994 Jan 1

PMID 7874553

Citations 2

Authors

E Sucher

J Y Margulies

Y Floman

G C ROBIN

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Abstract

During the 10-year period 1981-1990, 59 patients suffering from spinal cord or cauda equina compression underwent anterior spinal decompression and in most cases spinal restabilization with methylmethacrylate cement and/or instrumentation. Follow-up in 55 patients showed that 75% were improved neurologically by the procedure, one-third of these showing complete recovery from the spinal cord compression. The results in younger female patients suffering from metastatic breast cancer were considerably better than those of older men with prostatic metastases. Other genitourinary system tumors also had a relatively poorer prognosis. There was a significantly better result for metastatic lesions of the thoracic or thoracolumbar spine than for lesions in the lumbar spine causing cauda equina paralysis.

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