SynthesisOrthopaedic surgery2020
Visceral Metastasis: A Prognostic Factor of Survival in Patients with Spinal Metastases.
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- A novel inflammatory-nutritional nomogram for predicting survival after minimally invasive surgery for spinal metastases: a comparison with the Katagiri and SORG systems.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Which Factors Affect Functional Outcomes and Survival in Metastatic Humeral Fractures Treated With Nails?Orthopaedic surgery · 2025Article
- Outcome prediction, quality of life, and life expectancy in metastatic spine tumors: WFNS spine committee recommendation.Neurosurgical review · 2025Review
- Radiomics biopsy signature for predicting survival in patients with spinal bone metastases (SBMs).Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2022Article
- Factors affecting overall survival in 51 adult Filipino patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery for spine metastases.Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT · 2022Article
- Factors Affecting Life Expectancy After Bone Metastasis in Adults - Results of a 5-year Prospective Study.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2021Article
- Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta for Blood Control in Lumbar Spine Tumor Resection Surgery: A Technical Note.Orthopaedic surgery · 2021Article
- Features of Spinal Metastases: A Retrospective View.International journal of spine surgery · 2021Article
- Delayed postoperative radiotherapy increases the incidence of radiographic local tumor progression before radiotherapy and leads to poor prognosis in spinal metastases.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo characterize the visceral metastasis as a predictive tool for the survival of patients with spinal metastases through an exploratory meta-analysis.
methodsTwo investigators independently searched PubMed and Embase databases for eligible studies from 2000-2016. The effect estimates for the hazard ratio (HR) or risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were collected and pooled with a random- or fixed-effect model.
resultsIn total, 18 eligible studies were retrieved with 5468 participants from nine countries. The overall pooled effect size for HR and RR was 1.50 and 3.79, respectively, which was proved to be statistically significant. In the subgroup of prostate cancer (PCa) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), statistical significance and marginal statistical significance was presented for the pooled HR (HR = 1.76, 95% CI 1.35-2.29) and (RR = 1.56, 95% CI 0.99-2.48), respectively. However, in the subgroup of thyroid cancer, breast cancer, and renal cancer, statistical significance was not achieved (HR = 1.17, 95% CI 0.75-1.83, Z = 0.70, P = 0.486). The results did not show any evidence of publication bias.
conclusionsThis study demonstrated that visceral metastasis was a significant prognostic factor in patients with spinal metastases as a whole. Interestingly, the onset of visceral metastases differentially impacted the survival in different primary tumors. Therefore, the prognostic value of visceral metastasis might be related to the type of primary tumor.
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