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Surgical Treatment of Giant Cell Tumors, Chondrosarcomas, and Chordomas of the Spine

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Current Concepts of Diagnosis and Treatment of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

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This communication reports a series of 19 primary tumors of the spine — giant cell tumors, chondrosarcomas, and chordomas — which, even though aggressive, appear to have been amenable to curative surgical treatment. Five illustrative cases will be described.

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  1. B. Stener
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  1. Division of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

    Hans K. Uhthoff MD, FRCS(C) (Prof. and Head) (Prof. and Head)

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Stener, B. (1984). Surgical Treatment of Giant Cell Tumors, Chondrosarcomas, and Chordomas of the Spine. In: Uhthoff, H.K. (eds) Current Concepts of Diagnosis and Treatment of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69210-9_25

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