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- Title
Laparoscopic spacer placement for recurrent sacral chordoma before carbon ion radiotherapy: A case report.
- Authors
Nagai, Shuntaro; Nagayoshi, Kinuko; Mizuuchi, Yusuke; Fujita, Hayato; Ohuchida, Kenoki; Ohtsuka, Takao; Imai, Reiko; Nakamura, Masafumi
- Abstract
Recently, several scholars have demonstrated the efficacy of carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT). To treat abdominal or pelvic tumors by CIRT, it is necessary to separate the tumor from the adjacent organs. Surgical placement of a GORE‐TEX sheet as a spacer has been reported as a separation method. Usually, surgical spacer placement is done by open surgery. Here, we report a case of surgical spacer placement undertaken by a "pure" laparoscopic procedure. A 47‐year‐old man with recurrent sacral chordoma was referred for surgical spacer placement before CIRT. Laparoscopic dissection of the rectum and placement of a GORE‐TEX sheet as a spacer were successfully performed. Surgical spacer placement by a pure laparoscopic procedure was safe and effective, and it seems to play an important part before CIRT.
- Subjects
CHORDOMA; ABDOMINAL tumors; RADIOTHERAPY; CARBON; IONS; RECTUM
- Publication
Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, 2020, Vol 13, Issue 4, p582
- ISSN
1758-5902
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ases.12792