Table 1 The patients’ demographics and clinical and radiographic features
No of patients | 64 |
No. of treated vertebrae | 113 |
Gender | |
 Male | 36 |
 Female | 28 |
Mean age (range, years) | 65 (27–89) |
BMI (range, kg/m2) | (16.16–30.47) |
Smoking history | |
 Yes | 28 |
 No | 36 |
Drinking history | |
 Yes | 19 |
 No | 45 |
Previous chemo/radiotherapy | |
 Yes | 28 |
 No | 36 |
Post-OP chemo/radiotherapy | |
 Yes | 45 |
 No | 19 |
Primary cancer type | |
 Slow | 14 |
 Moderate | 8 |
 Rapid | 42 |
Other metastases | |
 Yes | 19 |
 No | 45 |
Number of metastatic vertebrae (range) | (1–27) |
Treated vertebra level | |
 Thoracic | 47 |
 Lumbar | 66 |
Collapse | |
 No | 69 |
 Yes | 44 |
Posterior wall destruction | |
 Yes | 89 |
 No | 24 |
Injected bone cement volume (range, ml) | 4.84 ± 1.70 (1.2–9) |