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