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Surgical Treatment of Spinal Chordomas
Narayan Sundaresan, MD;
Andrew G. Huvos, MD;
George Krol, MD;
Joseph M. Lane, MD;
Murray Brennan, MD
Arch Surg. 1987;122(12):1479-1482.
Abstract
• The clinical features and results of 34 patients with chordomas treated over a seven-year period were analyzed. Surgical treatment consisted of wide local excision (n=6), marginal resection (n=5), intralesional resection (n=20), and biopsy (n=3). Eighteen patients received postoperative radiotherapy. The local recurrence rate was 65%, with 30% of patients developing distant metastases. With the introduction of computed tomography, smaller tumors are currently being diagnosed; as a result, 35% of the patients in this series are disease free, compared with 10% described previously.
(Arch Surg 1987;122:1479-1482)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, St Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York (Dr Sundaresan); and Departments of Pathology (Dr Huvos), Radiology (Dr Krol), and Surgery (Drs Lane and Brennan), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 16, 1987.
Read before the Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, London, April 30, 1987.
Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, St Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, 428 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019 (Dr Sundaresan).
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