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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between preoperative the PNI and postoperative outcomes, including functional recovery and survival, in patients undergoing palliative surgery for MSTs. Methods: A brief description of the main methods or treatments applied. This can include any relevant preregistration or specimen information. Results: Patients with a higher PNI (\u226542.8) demonstrated significantly better postoperative ambulation and longer overall survival compared to those with a lower PNI (&lt;42.8). The higher PNI group showed earlier ambulation (p = 0.017) and longer median survival (30.7 vs. 7.0 months; p = 0.002). Multivariate analysis confirmed that a PNI \u2265 42.8 was an independent predictor of early ambulation (HR = 1.516; 95% CI: 1.010\u20132.277; p = 0.045) and prolonged survival (HR = 0.955; 95% CI: 0.927\u20130.985; p = 0.003). No significant association was found between the PNI and postoperative infections. Conclusions: The PNI is a simple and effective predictor of postoperative functional recovery and survival in patients undergoing palliative surgery for MSTs. Its routine preoperative assessment may help stratify surgical risk, guide nutritional interventions, and optimize clinical outcomes in this vulnerable population.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14124372","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,19]],"date-time":"2025-06-19T06:11:07Z","timestamp":1750313467000},"page":"4372","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Clinical Significance of Prognostic Nutritional Index in Patients Who Underwent Palliative Surgery for Spine Metastasis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1237-4600","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Young-Hoon","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kee-Yong","family":"Ha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0084-8867","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hyung-Youl","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Eunpyeong St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 03312, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2510-280X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kihyun","family":"Kwon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yunseong","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyun W.","family":"Bae","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2758-0012","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sang-Il","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1186\/s13045-021-01213-z","article-title":"Global, regional, and national cancer incidence and death for 29 cancer groups in 2019 and trends analysis of the global cancer burden, 1990\u20132019","volume":"14","author":"Lin","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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