TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of vascular soft tissue neoplasms using transcatheter embolization and surgical excision
AU - Kadir, Saadoon
AU - Ernst, Calvin B.
AU - Hamper, Ulrike
AU - White, Robert I.
PY - 1983/9
Y1 - 1983/9
N2 - Preoperative embolization of highly vascular soft tissue tumors was performed in four patients. Selective catheterization of branch vessels supplying the tumors successfully avoided inadvertent embolization of adjacent normal tissue. Operative blood loss was significantly less than anticipated, permitting an easier, more precise, and quicker operation. Two of the lesions were benign intramuscular hemangiomas; one was a fibrosarcoma, and one, a malignant schwannoma. Three tumors were resected completely. A small portion of one hemangioma could not be removed. All patients were free of recurrence during follow-up periods of 6 to 14 months.
AB - Preoperative embolization of highly vascular soft tissue tumors was performed in four patients. Selective catheterization of branch vessels supplying the tumors successfully avoided inadvertent embolization of adjacent normal tissue. Operative blood loss was significantly less than anticipated, permitting an easier, more precise, and quicker operation. Two of the lesions were benign intramuscular hemangiomas; one was a fibrosarcoma, and one, a malignant schwannoma. Three tumors were resected completely. A small portion of one hemangioma could not be removed. All patients were free of recurrence during follow-up periods of 6 to 14 months.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9610(83)90429-4
DO - 10.1016/0002-9610(83)90429-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 6614340
AN - SCOPUS:0020613313
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 146
SP - 409
EP - 412
JO - The American Journal of Surgery
JF - The American Journal of Surgery
IS - 3
ER -