Outcomes following attempted en bloc resection of cervical chordomas in the C-1 and C-2 region versus the subaxial region: A multiinstitutional experience

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 348-356

  Molina, Camilo A ^a   Ames, Christopher P ^b   Chou, Dean ^b   Rhines, Laurence D ^c   Hsieh, Patrick C ^d   Zadnik, Patricia L ^a   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordoma; En bloc; Oncology; Spine; Surgery; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL CHORDOMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; EN BLOC RESECTION; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTON THERAPY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERY ELDERLY; EN BLOC; IMRT = INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PBRT = PROTON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; SA = SUBAXIAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UCSF = UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO; USC = UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

CHORDOMA; EN BLOC; IMRT = INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; ONCOLOGY; PBRT = PROTON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; SA = SUBAXIAL; SPINE; SURGERY; TUMOR; UCSF = UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO; USC = UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908145476     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.5.SPINE121045     Document Type: Article

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