title: Surgical Management of Sacral Chordomas: Illustrative Cases and Current Management Paradigms.
abstract: Sacral chordomas represent more than 50% of all sacral tumors. These slow-growing, malignant lesions present insidiously and are often large and intimately involved with sacral neurovascular and pelvic structures. En bloc resection is the only well-established predictor of progression-free survival. Optimal surgical management requires a complex multi-disciplinary approach. Here, we describe two cases of sacral chordoma and review current management paradigms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Arjun V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pendharkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Sussman
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Atman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Desai
keywords: sacral chordoma