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A well-established treatment paradigm for patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression includes separation surgery followed by stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). Innovations in implant technology have brought about the incorporation of Carbon fiber-reinforced polyetheretherketone (CFR-PEEK) instrumentation for spinal fixation. We present our experience of CFR-PEEK instrumentation, comparing outcomes and complication profiles with a matched cohort of titanium instrumented cases for spine metastatic disease.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Oncology patients who underwent spinal fusion for metastatic spine disease from 2012 to 2023 were retrospectively reviewed. Ninety-nine cases with CFR-PEEK fusions were case-control matched with 50 titanium controls (2:1 ratio) based upon primary tumor type and spinal instability neoplastic score (SINS) location. Demographic, clinical, radiographic and progression free survival (PFS) were analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In the study years, 263 patients underwent spinal decompression and fusion, for which 148 patients met predetermined inclusion criteria. Of these, 49 had titanium instrumentation, and 99 had CFR-PEEK. Complication profiles, including hardware failure and infection were similar between the groups. There was no significant difference in PFS between all CFR-PEEK and titanium patients (143 days versus 214 days; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.41). When comparing patients in which recurrence was noted, CFR-PEEK patients had recurrence detected two times earlier than titanium patients (94 days versus 189 days; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.013).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In this case matched cohort, CFR-PEEK demonstrated decreased overall PFS suggestive of earlier local recurrence identification. 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