Preoperative evaluation of intraoperative blood loss during malignant soft tissue tumor resection by ultrasonography
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Takeshi Morii1, Tomonori Kishino2, Naoko Shimamori2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyorin University, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan.
Background:
Preoperative evaluation of the risk of surgery-related blood loss in malignant soft tissue tumor resection is difficult because of wide variations in histological subtype, malignancy, location, and size. Ultrasonography is useful for the evaluation of blood flow around a soft tissue tumor and has the potential to preoperatively estimate intraoperative blood loss in tumor resection. To date, there has been no report regarding blood loss evaluation using ultrasonography in this field.
Patients And Methods:
The usefulness of information obtained by ultrasonography, including tumor size, vessel density in the tumor, and blood flow volume in the vessels, was analyzed for the prediction of intraoperative blood loss in malignant soft tissue tumor resection.
Results:
Vessel density in the tumor and blood flow in the vessels were identified as independent risk factors for blood loss. Using these factors, a new index for the prediction of blood loss was established. Receiver operating characteristic analyses revealed a high area under the curve value (0.80), confirming the accuracy of the index for the prediction of blood loss.
Conclusion:
Ultrasonography is a useful modality for predicting intraoperative blood loss in malignant soft tissue tumor surgery.
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