Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of Metastatic Spine Tumors in the Very Elderly: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Super-Aged Society.

J Clin Med · 2023 · PMC10380659 · PMID 37510862

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.486not close (p > 0.1)

The re-deterioration rates of the ECOGPS (20.8%) and Barthel index (21.2%) tended to be higher in patients aged ≥80 years than in patients aged <70 years and 70 to 79 years, although the differences did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.486 and 0.073, respectively).

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Patients aged ≥80 years showed a trend toward subsequent deterioration within 6 months after a one-time improvement or maintenance of the PS, ADL, and QOL.

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