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  • Spine · Jun 2020

    Meta Analysis

    Comparison of Wide Margin and Inadequate Margin for Recurrence in Sacral Chordoma: A Meta-Analysis.

    • Xiao Yu, Changgui Kou, Wei Bai, Weiying Yu, Bo Zhu, Min Zhang, Wanqing Hua, Yuanyuan Li, Ruixin Duan, and Fei Yin.
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
    • Spine. 2020 Jun 15; 45 (12): 814-819.

    Study Design.: A meta-analysis.Objective.: The goal of this study was to accurately evaluate the risk ratio (RR) of recurrence in chordoma patients with wide margin after removing the tumors using surgery, compared with inadequate margin (intralesional or marginal).Summary Of Background Data.: As a rare malignant bone cancer, the more effective treatment for sacral chordoma is still surgical resection. However, there is no convincing evidence and risk ratio about sacral chordoma patients would be benefit from which kind of surgical margin.Methods.: We searched the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and EMBASE from inception to December 2018. The heterogeneity analysis and calculation of the pooled risk ratio were performed using RevMan 5.3 software. The assessment of publication bias and sensitivity analysis was conducted using StataSE 15.1 software. The protocol for this meta-analysis was registered on International prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO, CRD42019127441).Results.: Twelve studies with a total of 436 patients who met the inclusion criteria were included. The pooled results indicated that patients in the wide group had lower recurrence rate than those in the inadequate group (RR = 0.42, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.31-0.57; P < 0.001). And patients in the wide group had lower mortality rate than those in the inadequate group (RR = 0.49, 95% CI 0.26-0.91; P = 0.02). No significant differences in the risk of mortality were found between relapsed patients in the two groups (RR = 0.64, 95% CI 0.35-1.15; P = 0.13).Conclusion.: In sacral chordoma patients, wide margin is associated with low recurrence risk, when it is feasible, a wide excision should be considered appropriate for sacrum chordoma.Level Of Evidence2.

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