Accuracy of Preoperative Scoring Systems for the Prognostication and Treatment of Patients with Spinal Metastases

Table 3

Patients’ demographics and clinical features.

		Number of cases	%
Site of tumour	Cervical spine	8	13
	Thoracic spine	41	67
	Lumbar	12	20
Primary tumour	Lung	10	16.5
	Myeloma	10	16.5
	Prostate	10	16.5
	Breast	5	8
	Melanoma	5	8
	Colorectal	4	7
	Bladder	4	7
	Renal	3	5
	Unknown primary	3	5
	Lymphoma	2	3
	HCC	2	3
	Oesophageal	1	1.5
	Cholangiocarcinoma	1	1.5
	Neuroendocrine	1	1.5
Tumour effect	Pathologic fracture	48	79
	Instability	51	84
	Cord compression	43	71
	Neural compression	42	69
	Cord or neural compression	53	87
	Neurologic deficit	27	44
Surgical procedure	Anterior corpectomy/stabilisation	Cervical (6), thoracic (2)
	Posterior decompression alone	Thoracic (2)
	Posterior stabilisation alone	Cervical (1), thoracic (3), lumbar (3)
	Posterior decompression/stabilisation	Thoracic (34), lumbar (8)
	Ant. & post. decompression/stabilisation	Cervical (1), thoracic (1)