Can we predict neurological complications in patients with metastatic spinal tumors?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies primarily analyzed spinal cord injuries in patients with metastatic spinal tumors after such injuries had already occurred. This study aimed to determine whether clinical and radiological factors are associated with the occurrence and severity of newly developed spinal cord injuries within 1 year in patients with metastatic spinal tumors.

Methods

We retrospectively examined patients with metastatic spinal tumors who were referred to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine between 2017 and 2021. Using patients' clinical data and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, we investigated whether pain characteristics, Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS), and Epidural Spinal Cord Compression (ESCC) grades were associated with the occurrence a

SUBMITTER: Jung C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12402062 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature