Minimally Invasive Posterior Stabilization Improved Ambulation and Pain Scores in Patients with Plasmacytomas and/or Metastases of the Spine
Table 1
Minimally invasive posterior stabilization for malignancies in the spine.
Sex
Age
Diagnosis
Walking pre-op.
Walking post-op.
Pre-op. pain
Post-op. pain
Pathology level
Instr. levels
Δ Deformity
Time (min)
M
68
Plasmacy.
Y
Y
2
1
L3
L2-4
110
M
86
Metastatic prostate ca.
N
Y
3
1
L5
L4-S1
9° Kyphosis
180
F
65
Plasmacy.
Y
Y
1
1
T10
T9–T11
60
M
80
Metastatic colon ca.
N
Y
3
1
L3-L4-L5
L2-S1
80
F
44
Metastatic breast ca.
Y
Y
3
1
T7
T5–T9
10° Kyphosis
135
F
58
Metastatic breast ca.
N
Y
2
1
L5
L4-S1
80
F
55
Plasmacy.
Y
Y
3
1
L2
T12, L1–L3
105
F
66
Metastatic angiosarc.
Y
Y
3
1
T11
T9, T10–T12, L1
180
M
61
Metastatic lung ca.
N
Y
1
1
T5
T3–T7
105
M
48
Metastatic HCC
Y
Y
3
1
L4-L5
L3-S1
75
M
75
Plasmacy.
Y
Y
3
1
T10
T9–T11
60
M
33
Lymphoma
Y
Y
3
1
L1
T12-L2
13° Scoliosis
120
M
75
Metastatic HCC
Y
Y
3
1
T11
T10–T12
120
F
60
Metastatic breast ca.
N
Y
3
1
L1
T12-L2
60
F
68
Metastatic colon
Y
Y
3
1
L4
L3–L5
120
M
75
Metastatic liver
Y
Y
3
2
L1
T12-L2
180
M
64
Plasmacy.
Y
Y
3
1
L5
L4-S1
180
F
73
Metastatic breast
Y
Y
3
1
L3
L2–L4
120
M
37
Plasmacy.
N
Y
4
1
T7
T6–T8
120
F
72
Plasmacy.
Y
Y
3
1
T10
T9–T11
180
F
52
Plasmacy.
Y
Y
3
1
L5
L4-S1
180
F
75
Metastatic breast
Y
Y
3
1
T10-T11
T9–T12
180
M
45
Plasmacy.
N
Y
3
1
T10
T9–T11
120
M
59
Metastatic thyroid
Y
Y
4
1
T6-L4
T3-S1
180
Plasmacy.: plasmacytoma, angiosarc.: angiosarcoma, HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma, ca.: cancer, Δ deformity: the measured change in deformity from preoperative to postoperative images, pre and postoperative pain scale 3: severe, 2: moderate, 1: none to mild.
