Table 2.

Visual analogue scale (VAS) and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) results in two groups of patients with painful hip metastases.

Parameters	Preoperative		Postoperative 1 week		Postoperative 1 month		Postoperative 3 months		Postoperative 6 months
	125I-PCA	PCA	125I-PCA	PCA	125I-PCA*	PCA	125I-PCA*	PCA	125I-PCA*	PCA
VAS	7.8 ± 0.87	7.9 ± 0.69	5.5 ± 0.78	5.7 ± 1.10	3.5 ± 0.73	5.0 ± 0.89	3.1 ± 0.51	4.6 ± 0.78	2.4 ± 0.62	4.5 ± 0.93
ECOG	3.37 ± 0.49	3.38 ± 0.49	2.37 ± 0.49	2.44 ± 0.56	1.87 ± 0.35	2.44 ± 0.50	1.60 ± 0.50	2.44 ± 0.66	1.20 ± 0.40	2.71 ± 0.76

*P<0.05 compared with PCA at each follow-up point.