Shaping the future of blood management in metastatic spine tumor surgery: the case for cell-salvaged transfusion with a propensity-matched study
SBT demonstrates comparable long-term survival and TP outcomes to ABT in patients undergoing MSTS, while avoiding the known complications associated with ABT. This study represents the first long-term propensity score-matched analysis of SBT in MSTS, supporting its oncological safety and clinical utility in contemporary spine oncology practice.
Authors
- Youheng Ou Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-315X)
- Namith Rangaswamy
- Si Jian Hui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5355-497X)
- Laranya Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7163-4340)
- Yong Hao Tan
- Shen Liang
- Jiong Hao Tan
- James Thomas Patrick Decourcy Hallinan
- Balamurugan Vellayappan
- Naresh Kumar
Institutions
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
- SingHealth (SG)
- SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (SG)
- National University Hospital (SG)
- National University Health System (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xnsj.2026.100862
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00