Research Article
Accuracy of Preoperative Scoring Systems for the Prognostication and Treatment of Patients with Spinal Metastases
Table 2
Study details for preoperative prognostic scoring systems.
| | Scoring system (year) | Cohort number | Treatment | Study type |
| | Tokuhashi (1990) | 64 | Surgery | Retrospective | | Revised Tokuhashi (2005) | 246 | Surgery (164),
conservative (82) | 118 patients, prospective;
total 246 retrospective | | Bauer (1995) | 153 extremity metastases,
88 spinal metastases | Surgery | Prospective | | Modified Bauer (2008) | 69 | Surgery | Retrospective | | Sioutos (1995) | 109 | Surgery | Retrospective | | Tomita (2001) | Phase 1: 67
Phase 2: 61 | Phase 1: not specified
Phase 2: surgery (52), supportive care (9) | Phase 1: retrospective
Phase 2: prospective | | van der Linden (2005) | 342 | Radiotherapy (Harrington class 1 & 2 painful spinal metastasis) | Retrospective |
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