Table 1.
Overview of patient characteristics.
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of Patients | 76 |
| female | 31 |
| male | 45 |
| Tumor Type | |
| spinal CNS (high-grade/low-grade) | 41 (14/27) |
| neurofibromatosis with spinal or paraspinal tumors | 14 |
| bone tumor | 12 |
| embryonal tumor | 7 |
| others | 2 |
| Initial Surgical Tumor Treatment | |
| biopsy | 5 |
| partial, subtotal or total resection | 59 |
| none | 12 |
| Malignancy Treatment | |
| chemotherapy | 9 |
| radiotherapy | 4 |
| combination chemo- and radiotherapy | 27 |
| none | 37 |
| Spinal Deformity (n = 65) | |
| Scoliosis | |
| none (≤10°) | 31 |
| mild (>10°; ≤20°) | 9 |
| moderate (>20°; ≤40°) | 4 |
| severe (>40°) | 21 |
| Kyphosis (n = 40) | |
| within normal range15 | 16 |
| pathological | 24 |
| Lordosis (n = 34) | |
| within normal range15 | 21 |
| pathological | 13 |
| Treatment of Spinal Deformity | |
| none (or brace for stability) | 44 |
| growth-friendly spinal implants | 9 |
| spinal fusion | 12 |