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Rapid improvements in pain and quality of life are sustained after surgery for spinal metastases in a large prospective cohort

David ChoiDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London, London, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Zoe FoxDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London, London, UK;
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Todd AlbertDepartments of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, PA, USA; ;Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, PA, USA;
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Mark ArtsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, Haaglanden, the Netherlands;
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Laurent BalabaudDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, L’institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France;
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Cody BungerDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark;
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Jacob Maciej BuchowskiDepartments of Orthopedic and Neurological Surgery, Washington University, MO, USA;
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Maarten Hubert CoppesDepartment of Neurosurgery, Groningen, the Netherlands;
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Bart DepreitereDivision of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;
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Michael George FehlingsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada;
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James HarropDepartments of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, PA, USA; ;Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, PA, USA;
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Norio KawaharaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan;
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Juan Anthonio Martin-BenllochSpinal Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain;
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Eric Maurice MassicotteDepartment of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada;
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Christian MazelDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, L’institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France;
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Fetullah Cumhur OnerDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands;
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Wilco PeulDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, PA, USA; ;Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands;
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Nasir QuraishiCentre for Spine Studies and Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK;
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Yasuaki TokuhashiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan;
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Katsuro TomitaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan;
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Jorit Jan VerlaanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands;
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Miao WangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark;
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Michael WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, FL, USA
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Hugh Alan CrockardDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London, London, UK;
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Pages 337-344 | Received 18 May 2015, Accepted 13 Dec 2015, Published online: 22 Feb 2016

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