Risk factors for early pathological fracture following stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases
Low pre-radiation HUs, involvement of more WBB sectors, and a higher SINS were independent predictors of VCF following SBRT for metastatic spine disease.
Authors
- Benjamin D. Elder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7782-7829)
- Ahmad Nassr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7160-734X)
- Arjun S. Sebastian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-7397)
- Michelle J. Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0358-5633)
- William E. Krauss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-8754)
- Mohamad Bydon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-396X)
- Jeremy L. Fogelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-5607)
- Zach Pennington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8012-860X)
- Nikita Lakomkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-0084)
- Roman O. Kowalchuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6142-6310)
- Anthony L. Mikula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-3733)
- Peter S. Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7705-3432)
- Kenneth W. Merrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3831-5644)
- Abdelrahman M. Hamouda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3609-7229)
- Brett A. Freedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2036-769X)
- S. Mohammed Karim
- C. Juliana
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Orthopedic One (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgical FOCUS
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.2.focus24905
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01