Key Preoperative Clinical Factors Predicting Outcome in Surgically Treated Patients with Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression: Results from a Survey of 438 AOSpine International Members

Neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons and respondents from different geographic regions generally identified similar preoperative clinical factors as key predictors of survival, neurologic, functional, and HRQoL outcomes in surgical MESCC patients. The results of this survey will inform the development of clinical prediction rules for survival and HRQoL in MESCC patients selected for surgery to maximize their clinical relevance.