The lumbar and lumbosacral facet-syndrome. Diagnostic measures, surgical treatment and results in 119 patients

Evaluation of the feasibility of and res

Evaluation of the feasibility of and results of measuring health-status changes in patients undergoing surgical treatment for skeletal metastases

✍ Denis R. Clohisy; Chap T. Le; Edward Y. Cheng; Daryll C. Dykes; Roby C. Thompson 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 921 KB

## Abstract The goal of treating patients with skeletal metastases is to decrease pain and improve or maintain physical function. Assessment of the effectiveness of treatment should therefore include evaluation of patient‐rated measures of quality of life. The primary objective of the study was to