Reply to the letter to editor regarding, "Body composition predictors of mortality on computed tomography in patients with spinal metastases undergoing surgical treatment"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 3A, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
² Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 6E, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
³ Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 6E, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. Electronic address: mbredella@mgh.harvard.edu.

Comment

Michiel E R Bongers et al. Spine J. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;22(9):1583-1584.

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.05.007.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 3A, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
² Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 6E, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
³ Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 6E, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. Electronic address: mbredella@mgh.harvard.edu.

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Comment on

Body composition predictors of mortality on computed tomography in patients with spinal metastases undergoing surgical treatment.
Bongers MER, Groot OQ, Buckless CG, Kapoor ND, Twining PK, Schwab JH, Torriani M, Bredella MA. Bongers MER, et al. Spine J. 2022 Apr;22(4):595-604. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.10.011. Epub 2021 Oct 23. Spine J. 2022. PMID: 34699994 Free PMC article.
Letter to the Editor regarding, "Body composition predictors of mortality on computed tomography in patients with spinal metastases undergoing surgical treatment" by Bredella et al.
Shan L, Le X. Shan L, et al. Spine J. 2022 May;22(5):889. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2022.01.022. Spine J. 2022. PMID: 35526861 No abstract available.