CMET-15. SARCOPENIA INDEPENDENTLY AND STRONGLY PREDICTS SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SPINE SURGERY FOR METASTATIC TUMORS

摘要

Predicting survival and surgical morbidity in patients with spinal metastases would help guide clinical decision making and stratify treatments between surgical intervention and palliative care. This multi-center retrospective cohort study evaluates whether the frailty/sarcopenia paradigm, as measured by psoas size, is predictive of survival in patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastasis.