• Eur Spine J · Mar 2023

    Conditional survival after surgery for metastatic tumors of the spine: does prognosis change over time?

    • Nikita Zaborovskii, Adam Schlauch, John Shapton, Anton Denisov, Dmitrii Ptashnikov, Dmitrii Mikaylov, Sergei Masevnin, Oleg Smekalenkov, Vladislav Murakhovsky, and Dimitriy Kondrashov.
    • Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
    • Eur Spine J. 2023 Mar 1; 32 (3): 101010201010-1020.

    PurposeConditional survival (CS) provides a dynamic prediction of patient survival by incorporating the time an individual has already survived given their disease specific characteristics. The objective of the current study was to estimate CS among patients after surgery for spinal cord compression or spinal instability, as well as stratify CS according to relevant patient- and disease-related characteristics.MethodsThe clinical outcomes of 361 patients undergoing surgical management of metastatic spinal tumors were retrospectively analyzed. Stratification of this cohort according to disease and surgery-specific characteristics allowed for univariate and multivariate statistical analyses of our study population. Observed overall and conditional survival estimates were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method.Results12-month conditional survival in patients undergoing surgical management of metastatic spine tumors increased from 57% at baseline to 70% at 24 months following spine surgery. Overall survival (OS) was influenced by CCI grade, Katagiri tumor type, presence of lung metastasis, type of spine surgery, presence of postoperative systemic therapy and ambulatory status at follow-up. Analyses of OS and CS by prognostic strata were similar with exception of stratification by surgery type. Differences in survival between strata tend to converge over time. Unfavorable factors for OS appear to be less relevant after a period of 24 months following spine surgery.ConclusionPatients after surgery for metastatic tumors of the spine can expect a positive trend in conditional survival as survivorship increases. Even patients with a more severe disease can be encouraged with gains in conditional survival over time.Level Of EvidenceLevel IV (retrospective cohort study).© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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