Figures & data
Table 1. Clinical characteristics of 54 patients with prostate cancer who were operated for metastatic spinal cord compression (SCC) a
Table 2. Anatomic localization of spinal cord compressiona
Table 3. Neurological evaluation using the Frankela classification: preoperative values compared with those recorded 4 weeks postoperatively
Table 4. Complications of surgery for metastatic spinal cord compression that were registered in 19 of 54 patients within 30 days of surgery (patients may have more than one complication)
Figure 1. Survival for the patients with hormone-naïve (n = 13) and hormone-refractory (n = 41) prostate cancer after surgery for spinal cord compression (left), and after diagnosis of the primary tumor (right).
![Figure 1. Survival for the patients with hormone-naïve (n = 13) and hormone-refractory (n = 41) prostate cancer after surgery for spinal cord compression (left), and after diagnosis of the primary tumor (right).](/cms/asset/5ea0e074-6cee-4f1f-b669-dcfc69fddef3/iort_a_590761_f0001_b.jpg)