title: Reviewer's comment concerning "Predictive value of seven preoperative prognostic scoring systems for spinal metastases" (ESJO-D-08-00148R1/A. Leithner et al.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Trauma-, Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. markus.schultheiss@uniklinik-ulm.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schultheiss
mesh_terms: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D018450:Disease Progression; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000592:standards; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000639:trends; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018401:Sample Size; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014781:Viscera / Q000473:pathology