Measuring the paraspinal muscles as an important tool for predicting the overall survival period after spine surgery in lung cancer patients with spine metastasis
Sung Tan Cho,
Jae Hwan Cho,
Jin Hwan Kim
et al.
Abstract:Study design: Retrospective cohort study
Objectives: Metastatic lung cancer in the spine is difficult to determine whether to perform an additional surgical intervention, as patients at the end stage of lung cancer often have low performance status with significant muscle atrophy. This study aimed to demonstrate whether sarcopenia affects the prognosis after spine surgery in lung cancer patients by measuring the paraspinal muscles.
Methods: A total of 65 lung cancer patients who underwent spine surgery were re… Show more
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