Endoscopic Resection of Clival Chordoma: A Tertiary Care Experience

This study indicates the advantage of endoscopic approach for clival chordoma resection. This is a Retrospective case series of 7 endoscopically operated clival chordoma patients between May 2015 and April 2018 in our tertiary care hospital. 5 patients presented with primary disease and 2 were recurrent disease cases. Endoscopic endonasal transphenoidal approach with wide clearance of margins of tumor were performed in all 7 cases. High energy photon radiotherapy were delivered to all. All patients with primary disease as well as recurrent disease had no evidence of disease 24 –32 months post surgery. Endoscopic endonasal transphenoidal approach for clival chordoma provides a safe and reliable tumor resection. This less invasive surgery can be considered as an alternative to traditional surgical technique with reduced morbidity. This approach represents a combination o f various endoscopic surgical techniques which are minimally invasive and can be applied to ventral skull base surgery.
Source: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery - Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research