ABSTRACT
Objective To compare the clinical efficacy of targeting arterial embolization before sacral chordoma excision and temporary balloon oc-clusion of abdominal aorta during sacral tumors surgery. Methods A total of 34 patients with sacral chordoma were recruited for this study and fol-lowed up. Totally 18 patients received bi-iliac artery,sacrococcygeal artery and other target arteryl embolization before excision(target arterial emboli-zation group),and the other 16 received temporary balloon occlusion of abdominal aorta during surgery(balloon occlusion group). The blood loss during operation,drained blood after operation,operation time and wound healing were recorded. Results The blood loss during operation,drained blood after operation and operation time in targeting arterial embolization group were less than balloon occlusion group. There was no statistical differ-ence in wound healing between the two groups. Conclusion Targeting arterial embolization can be more effective than temporary balloon occlusion of abdominal aorta in the control of blood loss.