En bloc resection of a C4 chordoma: surgical technique
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Sacral chordoma en-bloc resection and lumbar-iliac stabilization.
Dr. Ruy Yoshiaki okaji – Avenida Monte carmelo 800 17519-030 Marília SP brasil. e-mail: [email protected] Chordoma is a rare malignant bone tumor originated from embryonic remains of notochord. Restricted to the axial skeleton, it is more frequently found in the sacrococcygeal (60%) and cervical spine (30%) areas. It occurs with a frequency twice larger in man than in women and it is uncomm...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Spine Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0940-6719,1432-0932
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0468-x