Is it necessary to embolise all spinal metastases from primary renal tumours?
J Orthop
; 13(4): 472-474, 2016 Dec.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27857484
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Spinal metastases secondary to renal cell carcinoma are associated with significant intra-operative blood loss. Our aim was to assess if embolisation reduced the intra-operative blood loss and transfusion requirement.METHODS:
We performed a retrospective cohort study of 25 patients undergoing surgery between 2003 and 2011.RESULTS:
14 underwent pre-operative embolisation; 11 did not. There was no significant difference in intra-operative blood loss, 1336 ml vs 1492 ml in the non-embolised (p value = 0.116). 43% of embolised patients required an intra operative blood transfusion vs 27% in the non-embolised.CONCLUSION:
Our results suggest that not all patients with spinal metastatic renal carcinoma require pre-operative embolisation.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Orthop
Year:
2016
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Article
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