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Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base and Spine

Table of Contents


A. Embryology and Pathology

1) Embryology of the Cranial Base and Spine
2) Pathology of Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas

B.Demographics, Presentation, and Diagnosis

3) Demographics and Presentation
4) Differential Diagnosis of Cranial Base Tumors
5) Diagnostic Imaging of Cranial Base Tumors
6) Differential Diagnostic Imaging of Spine Tumors

C.Surgery of Cranial Base Tumors

7) Surgical Anatomy of the Cranial Base
8) Surgical Considerations
9) Trans-basal Approaches
10) Trans-sphenoid Approaches
11) Trans-ethmoid-sphenoid Approaches
12) Trans-maxillary Approaches
13) Trans-oral Approaches
14) Facial Translocation
15) Anterior-lateral Approach
16) Lateral Temporal Approaches
17) Infratemporal Approaches
18) Trans-temporal Approaches
19) Inferior-lateral Approaches
20) Craniospinal Stabilization

D.Surgery of Tumors of the Mobile Spine

21) Surgical Anatomy of the Spine
22) Approaches to the Mobile Spine
23) Posterolateral Approaches to the Thoracic Spine
24) Posterior and Retroperitoneal Lumbar Approaches
25) Spondylectomy
26) Spinal Stabilization

E.Surgery of Sacral Tumors

27) Surgical Anatomy of the Sacrum
28) Resection of Sacral Tumors

F.Radiation Therapy of Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas

29) Radiobiologic Principles
30) Photon Irradiation of Cranial Base Tumors
31) Heavy Particle Irradiation of Cranial Base Tumors
32) Radiosurgery of Cranial Base Tumors
33) Radiation of Tumors of the Mobile Spine
34) Radiation of Sacral Tumors
35) Brachytherapy of Cranial Base and Sacral Tumors

G.Special Considerations
36) Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas in Children
37) Surgery of Recurrrent Tumors
38) Chemotherapy of Recurrence or Metastasis

 
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