Table 2

Modified Tokuhashi scoring system for preoperative assessment of metastatic spine tumor prognosis.

Characteristics
Score

General health condition
good = 0, bad = 1
Extra-spinal bone metastasis
no = 0 , yes = 1
Other vertebral metastasis
no = 0, yes = 1
Other visceral organ metastasis
no = 0, yes = 1
Primary site of the cancer
limited = 0, diffuse = 1
Palsy
normal = 0, paresis = 1, plegia = 2

Yilmazlar et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008 3:37   doi:10.1186/1749-799X-3-37