Per-operative glue embolization with surgical decompression: A multimodality treatment for aggressive vertebral haemangioma

Objective The aim of this study is to share our experience in per-operative embolization of aggressive vertebral haemangioma and to compare the surgical outcome with existing modalities of management. Background Vertebral haemangioma accounts for 12% of benign lesions of the vertebral column detecte...

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Published in:Interventional neuroradiology 2019-10, Vol.25 (5), p.570-578
Main Authors: Prabhuraj, AR, Mishra, Ajit, Mishra, Rakesh Kumar, Pruthi, Nupur, Saini, Jitender, Arvinda, HR
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adhesives
Adolescent
Adult
Combined Modality Therapy
Decompression, Surgical - methods
Embolization, Therapeutic - methods
Epidural Space - surgery
Female
Fluoroscopy
Hemangioma - diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma - surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nervous System Diseases - etiology
Nervous System Diseases - therapy
Spinal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Spinal Neoplasms - surgery
Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Tumour
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Summary:Objective The aim of this study is to share our experience in per-operative embolization of aggressive vertebral haemangioma and to compare the surgical outcome with existing modalities of management. Background Vertebral haemangioma accounts for 12% of benign lesions of the vertebral column detected incidentally. Rarely they may enlarge, cause pain and neurological deficit because of spinal cord compression, vertebral body or arch expansion, or pathological fracture. Treatment options for symptomatic vertebral haemangioma include pre-operative transarterial embolization, surgical excision, radiotherapy, and percutaneous injection of alcohol or methyl methacrylate. We present our experience of per-operative glue embolization for aggressive (Enneking stage 3) vertebral haemangiomas. Materials and methods We describe five patients with symptomatic vertebral haemangioma at the dorsal level who underwent per-operative glue embolization. After initial laminectomy, a tumorogram was obtained under fluoroscopic guidance through direct contrast injection via spinal needle inserted through the pedicles of vertebra at the involved level. Varied concentration of glue was injected via the same spinal needle. All patients underwent surgical decompression of the intraspinal epidural component in the same sitting along with posterior spinal stabilization of the adjacent levels in two patients. Results In all five patients, complete embolization of the tumour was possible per-operatively through the transpedicular approach along with adjunctive surgical decompression, and the blood loss was significantly less. Clinical follow-up of these patients at 12–48 months showed reduction in size of the epidural component, relief of cord compression, and significant improvement in their neurological deficits with no recurrence. Conclusion We conclude that per-operative embolization is a safe and efficacious adjunctive procedure with surgical decompression with or without spinal stabilization for the treatment of symptomatic vertebral haemangiomas.
ISSN:1591-0199
2385-2011
DOI:10.1177/1591019919842849