OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the surgical outcomes of patients with spinal metastasis secondary to breast carcinoma. METHODS: Twenty-two patients operated spinal metastatic disease secondary to breast carcinoma were assessed preoperatively, immediately postoperatively and after 1 and 6 months of surgery, using the numerical scale of pain and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). RESULTS: The measures for pain produced a p-value of 0.0001 for the difference between the preoperative and postoperative, 0.0005 between the immediate postoperative period and 1 month postoperatively, and 0.0908 between 1 month and six months postoperatively, therefore, there is evidence of differences between the preoperative and postoperative periods, as well as between the immediate postoperative and after the 1st month, but there is no such evidence between 1st and 6th month postoperatively. As for the ODI, the difference was significant in all periods. CONCLUSION: The procedure improves pain and reduces disability in patients with metastatic disease secondary to breast cancer.
Breast neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis; Spine; Quality of life; Bone neoplasms
