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The role of preoperative vascular embolization in surgery for metastatic spinal tumours

Authors: Naresh Kumar, Barry Tan, Aye Sandar Zaw, Hnin Ei Khine, Karthikeyan Maharajan, Leok Lim Lau, Prapul Chander Rajendran, Anil Gopinathan

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 12/2016

Abstract

Purpose

To determine the effect of preoperative embolization on intraoperative blood loss in surgery for metastatic spinal tumours stratified by tumour type, type of surgical approach and extent of surgery.

Methods

We retrospectively analysed 218 patients undergoing open surgery for metastatic spine tumours in our institution between 2005 and 2014. The cohort was divided to those who underwent preoperative embolization and those who did not. The patients were further stratified into different subgroups by tumour types, types of surgical procedure, levels of instrumentation and levels of decompression. Estimated blood loss, duration of surgery and length of hospital stay were compared between embolized and non-embolized cases in each subgroup. The impact of embolization extent, the time gap between embolization and index surgery on blood loss were also studied.

Results

Preoperative embolization was performed in 45 out of 218 patients. Non-embolized cases had insignificantly lesser blood loss and shorter duration of surgery compared to embolized cases in all subgroups. Embolization, however, conferred reduction in length of hospital stay in some of the subgroups, yet the differences were not significant. The patients who achieved total embolization bled less than those who achieved subtotal or partial embolization. The effectiveness of the embolization procedure in reducing intraoperative blood loss was found to be profound when the gap between embolization and surgery was within 24 h.

Conclusions

Our study demonstrated that success of embolization in reducing blood loss depends on the extent of embolization and time interval between embolization and index surgery.

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Title: The role of preoperative vascular embolization in surgery for metastatic spinal tumours
Authors: Naresh Kumar
Barry Tan
Aye Sandar Zaw
Hnin Ei Khine
Karthikeyan Maharajan
Leok Lim Lau
Prapul Chander Rajendran
Anil Gopinathan
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-016-4494-4

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The role of preoperative vascular embolization in surgery for metastatic spinal tumours

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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