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Sacral chordomas are rare tumors associated with a poor long-term prognosis mainly caused by local recurrence. Furthermore, resection in this anatomical region is often associated with loss of neural function. The present case illustrates the use of resection with wide surgical margin (R0).
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Gehrchen, M. (2019). Radical Excision Is Beneficial for Chordoma?. In: Meyer, B., Rauschmann, M. (eds) Spine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98875-7_67
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