title: Combined anterior and posterior en bloc vertebrectomy for lumbar chordoma.
abstract: Chordoma is a rare bone tumor derived from remnants of the notochord. The majority of chordomas involve the sacrum or skull base. We report a rare case of a L4 vertebral body chordoma treated with anterior en bloc vertebrectomy and posterior stabilization. No tumor recurrence was observed at the 5 year follow-up examination.
authors.affiliation: Department Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Youn Young
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Ho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shin