Palliation

Spine Metastases   

Questions discussed in this category


If a patient with good PS who does not meet criteria for prophylactic rod stabilization has radiographic features consistent with metastasis (lytic ap...

There are many cases where patient has cord compression in 1-2 vertebral levels, but surgery was done with hardware encompassing 5-7 levels. Are you c...

Do you require neurosurgical evaluation first? Do you require any patients to wear a neck brace?  


Papers discussed in this category


Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2010-09

Spine, 2010-10-15

Neurosurgery,

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 2017-03

JAMA oncology, 2018-01-11

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019-06-20

Lancet, 2019 Apr 11

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 1994-08-30

JAMA Oncol,