Is it necessary to embolise all spinal metastases from primary renal tumours?
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
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. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 25 patients undergoing surgery between 2003 and 2011. 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 (<i>p</i> value = 0.116). 43% of embolised patients required an intra operative blood transfusion vs 27% in the non-embolised. Our results suggest that not all patients with spinal metastatic renal carcinoma require pre-operative embolisation.