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Preoperative embolization in surgical treatment of long bone metastasis: a systematic literature review.
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- Bone metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma: Guidance on the management of spinal and long bone lesions.Journal of bone oncology · 2026Review
- Minimally Invasive Treatment Strategies for Metastatic Disease of the Skeleton: Current Concepts.Current oncology reports · 2025Review
- Preoperative embolization of a solitary bone plasmacytoma of the proximal humerus.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- How Arterial Embolization Is Transforming Treatment of Oncologic and Degenerative Musculoskeletal Disease.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Review
- A case of preoperative embolization for a giant hypervascular pancreatic serous cystic neoplasm in pancreaticoduodenectomy.Surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Recent Advances in Minimally Invasive Management of Osteolytic Periacetabular Skeletal Metastases.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2024Review
- The Use of Photodynamic Bone Stabilization to Tamponade Bleeding in a Pathologic Humeral Shaft Fracture: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- Preoperative Embolization of Vertebral Metastasis: Comprehensive Review of the Literature.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Preoperative Arterial Embolization of Musculoskeletal Tumors: A Tertiary Center Experience.Cancers · 2023Article
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- Beyond boundaries: unraveling innovative approaches to combat bone-metastatic cancers.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Trends in Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Bone Metastases among Orthopedic Surgeons.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Holistic Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Tumor Metastases to the Spine.Cancers · 2022Review
- Minimally Invasive Interventional Procedures for Metastatic Bone Disease: A Comprehensive Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Review
- The Harrington plus reconstruction for pelvic and acetabular metastases.Journal of bone oncology · 2022Article
- Preoperative Embolization of a Delayed Femoral Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- A Tailored Approach for Appendicular Impending and Pathologic Fractures in Solid Cancer Metastases.Cancers · 2022Review
- Evolving cancer-niche interactions and therapeutic targets during bone metastasis.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2022Review
- Scheduling surgery after transarterial embolization: does timing make any difference to intraoperative blood loss for renal cell carcinoma bone metastases?Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2021Article
- The Surgical Management of Proximal Femoral Metastases: A Narrative Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Surgery of long bone metastases is associated with a significant risk of perioperative blood loss, which may necessitate blood transfusion.Successful embolization (> 70% obliteration of vascularity) can be achieved in 36-75% of cases.The reported rate of embolization-related complications is 0-9%.Three out of six level III evidence studies showed a reduction in perioperative blood loss and/or blood transfusion requirement after preoperative embolization of renal cell carcinoma metastasis in long bones; three out of six studies did not.One level III evidence study did not show a reduction in perioperative blood loss and/or transfusion requirement after preoperative embolization of hepatocellular carcinoma metastases in long bones.There were no studies found that support preoperative embolization of thyroid metastases or other frequent long bone metastases (e.g. mamma carcinoma, lung carcinoma, or prostate carcinoma).The clinical level of evidence of the studies found is low and randomized studies taking into account primary tumour, location of metastases and type of surgery are therefore desired. Cite this article:
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