Surgical treatment of spinal chordomas.
The clinical features and results of 34 patients with chordomas treated over a seven-year period were analyzed. Surgical treatment consisted of wide local excision (n = 6), marginal resection (n = 5), intralesional resection (n = 20), and biopsy (n = 3). Eighteen patients received postoperative radiotherapy. The local recurrence rate was 65%, with 30% of patients developing distant metastases. With the introduction of computed tomography, smaller tumors are currently being diagnosed; as a result, 35% of the patients in this series are disease free, compared with 10% described previously.
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Department of Surgery, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10019.
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Krol
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002817:Chordoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed