The use of Harrington's rods in metastatic tumours with spinal cord compression
β Scribed by F. Lesoin; K. Kabbaj; J. Debout; M. Jomin; M. Lacheretz
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 833 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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The results of 51 patients with metastatic spinal cord compression were analyzed. There were seven paralyzed patients, three received radiotherapy (RT) alone and four received laminectomy (L) + RT. No patient regained any motor function. Of six ambulatory patients, half received RT and half L + RT.
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. The current study was performed to create a scoring system to estimate the survival of patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). ## METHODS. Based on a multivariate survival analysis of 1852 patients who were treated with radiotherapy (RT) for MSCC, a sc