… Sergei Masevnin, corresponding author Dmitry Ptashnikov, Dmitry Michaylov, Hao Meng,
Oleg Smekalenkov, and Nikita Zaborovskii …

Background Intraoperative hemorrhage can sometimes be massive in patients with spinal
metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (MRCC). Preoperative embolization and local hemostatic …

Objective. To analyze the significance of the influence of various risk factors on the development
of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and instability of instrumentation. Material and …

Purpose Conditional survival (CS) provides a dynamic prediction of patient survival by
incorporating the time an individual has already survived given their disease specific …

Objective Instrumentation failure in spine tumor surgery is a common reason for revision
operation. Increases in patient survival demand a better understanding of the hardware …

Background Currently, there is no consensus about how to reduce the intraoperative risk of
hemorrhage in spinal decompression surgery of hypervascular spinal tumors, such as …

Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an aggressive malignant disease that frequently
metastasizes to the spine. The main purpose of our study is to evaluate the influence of …

Background: Patients’ expectations are an important determinant in their decision to
undergo lumbar spinal surgery—particularly their expectations of recovery after surgery. The …

OBJECTIVE The most validated health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) questionnaire specific
to the metastatic spine cancer population is the Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes …

Purpose This report compares the clinical, radiographic, and functional outcomes of fusion
from thoracolumbar region terminating at L5 or at sacrum and pelvis in elderly patients with …