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Expert’s Comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Cryosurgery in the excision of a giant local recurrent sacral chordoma: a case report and literature review” by V. Pipola et al. (Eur Spine J; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5438-3)

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI, 02903, USA

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Konakondla, S., Gokaslan, Z.L. Expert’s Comment concerning Grand Rounds case entitled “Cryosurgery in the excision of a giant local recurrent sacral chordoma: a case report and literature review” by V. Pipola et al. (Eur Spine J; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-017-5438-3). Eur Spine J 27, 3064–3065 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5802-y

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