Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of 30 metastatic epidural spinal cord compression patients who underwent posterior decompression and stabilization with neither fusion nor anterior reconstruction.

Case no	Gender, age ranges (years)	Primary tumor	Location	Frankel grade		Survival (days)
				Pre-operative	Postoperative
1	F, 60–69	Breast	T3	B	D	1000
2	F, 70–79	Lung	L5	D	D	129
3	F, 60–69	Lung	T5, T6, T11	C	D	325
4	F, 80–89	Bladder	L5	C	C	134
5	F, 40–49	Breast	L1-5	C	C	27
6	F, 50–59	Breast	L4	D	D	65
7	F, 50–59	Breast	L4	C	D	332
8	F, 50–59	Breast	T12, L1, L3–4	D	D	768
9	F, 40–49	Breast	T3–6, L3	C	E	971*
10	M, 50–59	Liver	T4	B	B	198
11	F, 60–69	Lung	T3	C	D	134*
12	M, 50–59	Lung	L3	C	D	572
13	F, 70–79	Lung	T6-9	C	D	647*
14	M, 50–59	Tonsil	T5	C	C	635
15	F, 40–49	Breast	T8	C	D	49*
16	F, 50–59	Breast	T11, L4, L5	C	D	77
17	F, 30–39	Breast	L4–5	D	D	280
18	F, 60–69	Breast	T11, L1, L5	C	D	346
19	F, 60–69	Breast	T12	D	E	379*
20	F, 70–79	Breast	L5	D	D	383*
21	F, 50–59	Cervix	L4	D	D	442*
22	M, 50–59	Colon	L2	D	D	417
23	M, 40–49	Lung	T1–2	B	B	40
24	M, 60–69	Lung	T10	D	E	498*
25	F, 60–69	Lung	L4–5	C	D	631*
26	M, 60–69	Prostate	L4-5	D	E	77
27	M, 70–79	Prostate	T3, T4, T7–8	C	C	118
28	M, 70–79	Prostate	L2	D	E	344*
29	M, 60–69	Prostate	T3	C	D	351*
30	F, 60–69	Renal	L2, L4	C	C	36

*Patient was still alive at the time of the most recent contact.