PMID- 38134591 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240219 LR - 20240219 IS - 1879-3320 (Electronic) IS - 0960-7404 (Linking) VI - 52 DP - 2024 Feb TI - Predictors for quality of life, pain and functional outcomes after surgical treatment of metastatic disease in the spine. PG - 102029 LID - S0960-7404(23)00129-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.suronc.2023.102029 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: While predictors for postoperative survival in spine tumour patients have been identified, there is limited evidence for predictors of postoperative Quality of Life (QoL), pain and functional outcome. METHODS: One hundred and fifty-three consecutive patients, who had undergone surgery for symptomatic spinal metastases between June 2016 and April 2019, were interviewed preoperatively and during follow-ups at three, six and 12 months using the EQ-5D-3L, COMI, and ODI questionnaires. Differences in means exceeding the specific Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) values were considered clinically significant. RESULTS: Thirty-three percent of the patients were reported dead after 12 months. Only one metastasis compared to multiple metastases has 7.9 the Odds for an improved EQ-5D-3L score at three months. No neoadjuvant metastatic irradiation has 6.8 the Odds for the improvement at that time against performed radiation. A preoperative ODI score between 50.1 and 100 has 22.0 times the odds compared to the range from 0 to 50 for an improved EQ-5D-3L after three months, and 12.5 times the odds in favour of improved COMI after three months, and 13.6 times the odds for improvement of ODI at the three-month follow-up. A preoperative COMI score ranging from 5.0 to 10 has 21 times the odds of a COMI between 0 and 5 for an improved EQ-5D-3L score and 11 times the odds for an improved ODI after 12 months. Other predictors showed no statistically significant improvement. CONCLUSION: An improvement in QoL, pain and spinal function after 12 months can be predicted by a subjective preoperative poor health condition. Impaired spinal function before surgery, a singular metastasis and no previous irradiation is predictive of improved spinal function and quality of life three months after surgery. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Walter, Sebastian G AU - Walter SG AD - University Hospital Cologne, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: Sebastian.walter@uk-koeln.de. FAU - Hockmann, Jan AU - Hockmann J AD - University Hospital Cologne, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Weber, Maximilian AU - Weber M AD - University Hospital Cologne, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Kernich, Nikolaus AU - Kernich N AD - University Hospital Cologne, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Knoll, Peter AU - Knoll P AD - University Hospital Cologne, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany. FAU - Zarghooni, Kourosh AU - Zarghooni K AD - University Hospital Cologne, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Cologne, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231216 PL - Netherlands TA - Surg Oncol JT - Surgical oncology JID - 9208188 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Quality of Life MH - Treatment Outcome MH - *Neoplasms MH - Pain, Postoperative OTO - NOTNLM OT - Metastasis OT - PROM OT - Spine OT - Tumour OT - Vertebra COIS- Declaration of competing interest None. EDAT- 2023/12/22 19:43 MHDA- 2024/02/19 06:43 CRDT- 2023/12/22 18:12 PHST- 2022/09/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/19 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/22 19:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/22 18:12 [entrez] AID - S0960-7404(23)00129-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.suronc.2023.102029 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Surg Oncol. 2024 Feb;52:102029. doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2023.102029. Epub 2023 Dec 16.