Quality of life and functional outcomes after surgery for spinal metastases: Results of a cohort study.

Background: Spinal metastases are being diagnosed more frequently because of increasing life expectancies and advances in the diagnosis and therapy of primary tumours.

Objective: This aim of this study was to assess the quality of life (QoL) and functional outcomes after surgical intervention for spinal metastases in a large cohort.

Methods: A single-centre, prospective, observational study was conducted from June 2016 to February 2018.