Changes in physical function after palliative surgery for metastatic spinal tumor: Association of the revised tokuhashi score with neurologic recovery

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2341-2346

  Yamashita, Takayuki ^a   Aota, Yoichi ^a   Kushida, Kazuyoshi ^b   Murayama, Hitoshi ^b   Hiruma, Toru ^b   Takeyama, Masanobu ^b   Iwamura, Yuichi ^c   Saito, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c Yokohama Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metastatic spinal tumor; Palliative surgery; Performance status; Physical function; Revised Tokuhashi score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP PERFORMANCE STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TOKUHASHI SCORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65849365222     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181878733     Document Type: Article

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