A Comparison of Prognostic Models to Facilitate Surgical Decision Making for Patients with Spinal Metastatic Disease

Survival prognosis in an important factor to consider when implementing surgical treatment for metastatic spine disease. Several scoring systems have been developed to help providers predict survival and determine which patients with metastatic spine disease are candidates for surgery.Our primary aim was to determine predictors of 3-month, 6-month, and overall survivorship followingsurgery for metastatic spine disease.Our secondary aim was to identify the scoringsystem which most accurately predicts the short-term life expectancy of patients undergoingsurgery for metastatic spine lesions