The Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score correlates with epidural spinal cord compression -a retrospective cohort of 256 surgically treated patients with spinal metastases

Autor: Lukas Bobinski, Joel Axelsson, Jonathan Melhus, Josefin Åkerstedt, Johan Wänman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-024-07756-9
Popis: Abstract Background Bone metastases can compromise the integrity of the spinal canal and cause epidural spinal cord compression (ESCC). The Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) was developed in order to evaluate spinal instability due to a neoplastic process. The SINS has reached wide acceptance among clinicans but its prognostic value is still controversial. The aim was to investigate the correlation between the SINS and ESCC and the association between SINS and ambulation before and survival after surgery. Methods Correlations were assessed between SINS and grades of ESCC in patients who underwent spine surgery for spinal metastases. CT and MRI were used to calculate SINS and the grades of ESCC respectively. Correlations were analyzed with the Spearman’s correlation test. Postoperative survival was estimated with Kaplan-Meier analysis and survival curves were compared with the log-rank test. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to assess the effect of prognostic variables including age, ambulation before surgery, SINS, and the Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) as covariates. Results The study included 256 patients (196 men and 60 women) with a median age of 70 (24–88) years. The mean SINS was 10. One hundred fifty-two patients (59%) had lost ambulation before surgery. One hundred and one patients had grades 0–2 and 155 patients had grade 3 according to the ESCC-scale. SINS correlated with the grades of ESCC (p = 0.001). The SINS score was not associated with ambulation before surgery (p = 0.63). The median postoperative survival was 10 months, and there was no difference in postoperative survival between the SINS categories (p = 0.25). The ability to walk before surgery and a high KPS were associated with longer postoperative survival. Conclusion SINS correlated with grades of ESCC, which implies that higher SINS may be considered as an indicator of risk for developing ESCC. The SINS was not associated with ambulation before or survival after surgery.
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