1. 360-surgery for a giant cervical chordoma with involvement of the right vertebral artery
- Author
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Rodolfo Pedro Molina-Martínez, Venus Damaris Medina-Illueca, Carlos Betancourt-Quiroz, Daniel Alejandro Vega-Moreno, Andrés Alberto Moral-Naranjo, Rosa María Vicuña-González, Martha Leticia Llamas-Ceras, Víctor Andrés Reyes-Rodríguez, Rodrigo Efraín Hernández-Reséndiz, Abraham Ibarra-de la Torre, and Ulises García-González
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musculoskeletal diseases ,Cervical spine ,Chordoma ,360-degrees ,Surgery ,Case Report ,Neurology (clinical) ,Vertebral artery - Abstract
Background: Chordomas are malignant tumors that arise from the remnants of the notochord. Complete en bloc radical resection with postoperative radiation therapy is currently considered the gold standard. Here, we performed a 360-staged approach to manage a C3-C4 chordoma that involved the right vertebral artery. Case Description: A 40-year-old woman presented with a C3-C4 chordoma that invaded the right vertebral artery. She responded well to a circumferential approach including resection and stabilization. Conclusion: A 40-year-old woman with a C3-C4 spinal chordoma was optimally managed with a combined anterior/posterior surgical approach including decompression/fusion.
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- 2021