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- Mehmet Zileli, Cüneyt Hoscoskun, Priscilla Brastianos, and Dündar Sabah.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. zizeli@med.ege.edu.tr
- Neurosurg Focus. 2003 Nov 15; 15 (5): E9.
ObjectSacral tumors are relatively rare, and experience related to resection of these tumors is therefore usually limited to a small number of patients. The purpose of this retrospective study was to review the authors' experience with sacral neoplasms over the last 12 years.MethodsBased on a review of records in 11 patients who underwent sacrectomy, and the various patient characteristics, presenting symptoms, histological findings for their tumors, as well as the type of surgical treatment used (including a whole spectrum of sacral amputations), and their outcome are reported.ConclusionsDespite the potential for complications, sacrectomy can be performed successfully, and is an important procedure in the treatment of primary sacral tumors.
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