Open AccessRecurrent primary lumbar vertebra chondrosarcoma: Marginal resection and Iodine-125 seed therapy
Author(s) -
Chunhua Ren,
Jiancheng Zeng,
Yueming Song,
Xiandi Wang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.128772
Subject(s) - medicine , chondrosarcoma , surgery , lumbar , resection , lumbar vertebrae , vertebra
Chondrosarcomas are uncommon in the spinal column. En bloc excisions with wide margins are of critical importance but not always feasible in spine. We report the outcome in a case of recurrent lumbar vertebral chondrosarcoma treated with marginal resection and iodine-125 seeds placed in the resected tumor bed.