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Pre-operative Embolization of Primary and Secondary Bone Tumours is Safe and Effective: a Retrospective Study
Nawfal Al-Hadithy1, Panagiotis Gikas1, Jonathan Perera1
1Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP, UK.
Background:
The surgical treatment of bone tumours can result in large peri-operative blood loss, due to their large sizes and hypervascularity. Pre-operative embolisation has been successfully used to downgrade vascularity, thus reducing peri-operative blood loss and its associated complications.
Methods:
Pre-operative embolisation was successfully undertaken on twenty-six patients with a variety of primary and secondary bone tumours.
Results:
Mean blood loss was 796 mL and we experienced no complications.
Conclusion:
Pre-operative arterial embolisation of large, richly vascular bone tumours in anatomically difficult positions, is a safe and effective method of downstaging vascularity and reducing blood loss.
