Choosing a surgical corridor for skull base chordoma

The issues that adversely affect the long-term outcome of these tumors include: the often large tumor burden at the time of diagnosis, spread along critical bony structures, encasement of important neurovascular structures, and poor margination all of which make both radical surgical resection and r...

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Published inNeurology India Vol. 60; no. 6; pp. 567 - 569
Main Author Muthukumar, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.11.2012
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Subjects
Age
Care and treatment
Chordoma - surgery
Craniotomy
Craniotomy - methods
Diagnosis
Epidural Space - surgery
Female
Ganglion Cysts - surgery
Health aspects
Humans
Laminectomy - methods
Medical treatment
Morbidity
Mortality
Patient outcomes
Surgery
Surgical techniques
Survival analysis
Tumors
Tumors, Embryonal
India
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Summary:The issues that adversely affect the long-term outcome of these tumors include: the often large tumor burden at the time of diagnosis, spread along critical bony structures, encasement of important neurovascular structures, and poor margination all of which make both radical surgical resection and radiation therapy challenging. Type I lesions are restricted to one compartment of the skull base, defined as a solitary anatomical area (e.g., sphenoid sinus, occipital condyle, cavernous sinus, and lower clivus), Type II lesions involve two or more contiguous areas of the skull base and whose radical removal can be achieved by using a single skull base approach, and Type III lesions involve multiple compartments and whose surgical removal requires more than one surgical approach, often in stages, to achieve radical resection.
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ISSN:0028-3886
1998-4022
DOI:10.4103/0028-3886.105187