Hussain AK, et al. - Authors evaluated the effect of tumour location in the cervical, thoracic, or lumbosacral spine on 30-day perioperative mortality and morbidity after surgical decompression of metastatic extradural spinal tumours. Experts noted the association of cervical spinal tumours with the highest rate of pulmonary complications. An independent risk factor for perioperative mortality and morbidity after surgical decompression of metastatic spinal tumours was tumour location. The predictive accuracy of existing prognostic scoring systems could be improved by the addition of tumour location.