title: Preoperative direct percutaneous embolization of spinal metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Preoperative direct percutaneous embolization has been very rarely used in hypervascular metastatic spinal tumors to decrease blood loss during the surgery. A patient is presented with solitary spinal metastasis due to renal cell carcinoma who underwent a two-stage spondylectomy. Transarterial tumor embolization with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles and liquid coil placement, and percutaneous tumor embolization with PVA particles were used before the first and the second stage, respectively.
authors: Department of Neurological Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Ammirati
authors: Konstantinos
authors: K
authors: Spiliopoulos
authors: Clara Raquel
authors: CR
authors: Epstein
authors: Josue
authors: J
authors: Gabriel
authors: Eric C
authors: EC
authors: Bourekas
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy