Publication details

Naše zkušenosti s léčbou chordomu.

Title in English Our experience with chordoma treatment
Authors

BRINDZA Patrik CHALOUPKA Richard GROSMAN Radim

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Acta Chir. orthop. Traum. čech.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Traumatology and orthopaedic surgery
Keywords chordoma, local recurrence, surgery
Description 20 patients with chordoma were treated. Cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine and os sacrum (40%) were affected. Of the patients with chordoma of the mobile spine, 66% were treated by combined antero-posterior surgery, for sacral spine chordoma, a dorsal approach was always used. The average survival time was 63 months, 11 patient required repeat surgery, 8 had recurrent tumour and 3 wound infection.

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