Effect of a randomized controlled trial on the surgical treatment of spinal metastasis, 2000 through 2010: A population‐based cohort study

Abstract

Surgery for SpM increased after publication of a positive RCT. A significantly greater proportion of patients with lower socioeconomic status, more comorbidities, and greater metastatic burden underwent surgery post-RCT. These patients experienced more postoperative complications and higher in-hospital charges but less in-hospital mortality.