Cryosurgery in the excision of a giant local recurrent sacral chordoma: a case report and literature review.

Valerio PipolaMarco GirolamiRiccardo GhermandiGiuseppe TedescoGisberto EvangelistiAlessandro Gasbarrini

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2018)

Given the gelatinous structure of the tumor and the possibility of contamination of operatory field, cryosurgery may be indicated when previous surgeries and the dimensions of tumor mass do not allow a resection with negative margins improving radiotherapy efficacy in the local control of tumor.

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