Survival after surgery for spinal metastases: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are limited published data on population estimates of survival after spinal surgery for metastatic disease. We performed a population-based study to evaluate survival and complications among patients with cancer who underwent surgery for spinal metastases in Ontario, Canada, between 2006 and 2016.

Methods

We used health administrative databases to identify all patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastases in Ontario between Jan. 1, 2006, and Dec. 31, 2016. We assessed overall survival, mortality rates according to primary cancer lesion and complications after surgery. We contrast the results to those for a comparable cohort from 1991 to 1998.

Results

A total of 2646 patients (1194 women [45.1%]; mean age 62.5 yr [standard deviation 12.2 yr]) we

SUBMITTER: Bhanot K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363129 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature