| Combined Anterior and Posterior En Bloc Vertebrectomy for Lumbar Chordoma. |
| Youn Young Jung, Ho Shin |
1Department Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
2Department Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. hsin@chosun.ac.kr |
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| ABSTRACT |
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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. |
| Key Words:
Lumbar chordoma; Anterior and posterior en bloc vertebrectomy |
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