Journal article
Survival after surgery for spinal metastases: a population-based study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There are limited published data on population estimates of survival after spinal surgery for metastatic disease. We performed a population-based study to evaluate survival and complications among patients with cancer who underwent surgery for spinal metastases in Ontario, Canada, between 2006 and 2016.
METHODS: We used health administrative databases to identify all patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastases in Ontario …
Authors
Bhanot K; Widdifield J; Huang A; Paterson JM; Shultz DB; Finkelstein J
Journal
Canadian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. e512–e518
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
August 2, 2022
DOI
10.1503/cjs.000921
ISSN
0008-428X