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Spinal metastasis plays an important role in the survival rate and general condition of cancer patients. In this paper, we present 70 patients with metastatic spinal tumors, diagnosed and surgically treated in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopedics of Ankara Numune State Hospital between 1984 and 1993. Our clinical observations suggest that the survival rate is influenced by the type of the primary lesion, pathology, and the patient's preoperative physical and neurological status.
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Turgut, M., Gül, B., Girgin, O. et al. Role of surgical treatment in 70 patients with vertebral metastasis causing cord or root compression. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 116, 415–419 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00434003
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