Preoperative embolization in spinal tumour surgery: Enhancing its effectiveness

Publication date: Available online 16 June 2017 Source:Journal of Clinical Neuroscience Author(s): Barry Wei Loong Tan, Aye Sandar Zaw, Prapul Chander Rajendran, John Nathaniel Ruiz, Naresh Kumar, Gopinathan Anil We conducted a retrospective review of 221 patients, who underwent spinal oncologic surgery at a tertiary university hospital between 2005 and 2014; in order to identify and validate factors that influence the impact of preoperative embolization of spinal tumours on outcome measures of blood loss and transfusion requirements in spinal oncologic surgery. We also focused on primary tumour type and type of spinal surgery performed. Patients' electronic and physical records were reviewed to provide demographic data, tumour characteristics, embolization techniques and surgical proce...

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