Quality of life in patients with metastatic spinal tumors
Kasai, Y.; Uchida, A.
Clinical Calcium 16(4): 598-603
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0917-5857 PMID: 16582510 Document Number: 595625
The authors investigated the postoperative quality of life in 89 patients with metastatic spinal tumors. As the results of our study, it was found that spinal surgery could maintain or improve the quality of life, and then most of patients with poor quality of life had multiple spine/bone metastasis or brain/spinal cord metastasis.
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