Table 2.

Consecutive cases with spine metastases treated with MIS techniques

Case	Primary	Age (years)	Preoperative Tokuhashi score	pP	PP	AL	PL	MIS	BL	OT	LOS	C	Survival (months)
1	Lung	58	9	2	4	T9	T7–11	2	800	220	5	Nil	11
2	MM †	72	8	2	4	T12	T11‐L1	1	20	300	30	Nil	56*
3	Breast	62	7	4	4	T8	T7–9	1	20	120	8	Nil	3
4	Breast	46	10	4	4	T4–6	T3–7	2	1000	300	3	Nil	43*
5	GIST	72	7	0	4	T9	T8–10	1	800	180	14	Nil	13
6	RCC	68	13	4	4	T6,7	T5–8	3	600	360	10	Nil	30
7	HP	56	12	0	4	T2–4	T2–4	3	1200	330	20	Nil	41
8	RCC	36	12	2	4	L3	T12‐L4	3	1000	330	11	Inf	28

Note: AL, affected level; HP, hemangiopericytoma; Inf, wound infection; MM, multiple myeloma; PL, percutaneous level; PP, post‐ operative power; pP, pre‐operative power; RCC, renal cell carcinoma. *, patient still alive; †, patient did not receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy.