Surgical treatment of primary mobile spine chordoma.

Joshua M KolzElizabeth P WellingsMatthew T HoudekMichelle J ClarkeMichael J YaszemskiPeter S Rose

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)

Surgical resection of mobile spine chordomas is associated with a high rate of complications; however, en bloc resection can provide a hope for cure and appears to confer better oncologic outcomes for these tumors without an increase in complications compared to lesser resections.

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risk factors
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metabolic syndrome
liver metastases
skeletal muscle
weight loss
glycemic control