Trends in Survival and Surgical Methods in Patients Surgically Treated for Metastatic Spinal Tumors: 25-Year Experience in a Single Institution.
Se-Jun ParkJin-Sung ParkChong-Suh LeeByeong Jik KangChoong-Won JungPublished in: Clinics in orthopedic surgery (2023)
During the past 25 years, significant survival improvement was observed in patients with lung, kidney, and breast cancers. There was no improvement in survival in patients with liver, colorectal, and prostate cancers. In terms of surgical techniques, palliative decompression and fixation only procedures increased, while gross total tumor removal declined.