Treatment Outcomes in Spinal Tumors According to Patients' Perspectives: A Focus on Indeterminate Spinal Instability.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to analyze treatment approaches and outcomes according to patients' perspectives for patients with indeterminate spinal instability caused by neoplastic lesions. Data were collected from 31 patients with a total of 147 spinal neoplastic lesions, 29 of whom had lesions classified as indeterminate. These lesions were divided into two groups: the low indeterminate group (SINS 7-9) and the high indeterminate group (SINS 10-12). Conservative treatment was the primary approach (93%), resulting in improvement in 59% of cases, stability in 22%, and asymptomatic outcomes in 19%. No significant differences in self-reported outcomes were found between surgical and non-surgical treatments (p = 0.98, p = 0.18). Surgery was reserved for patients with severe

SUBMITTER: Schimmelpenning VH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763783 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature