Navigated Ultrasonic Osteotomy to Aid in En Bloc Chordoma Resection via Spondylectomy.


Journal

World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
11 2020
Historique:
received: 05 05 2020
revised: 02 08 2020
accepted: 03 08 2020
pubmed: 14 8 2020
medline: 27 4 2021
entrez: 14 8 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Chordomas are rare, locally malignant tumors derived from remnants of the notochord that can manifest anywhere in the spine or base of the skull. Surgical treatment for chordomas of the lumbar spine often fails to achieve successful en bloc resection, which is critical to minimizing recurrence risk. In this case report, the authors describe total en bloc resection of a lumbar vertebral body chordoma via the first documented approach of navigated ultrasonic osteotomy for spondylectomy. The patient is a 43-year-old man with end-stage renal disease, requiring dialysis, secondary to diabetes mellitus. The lesion in question was incidentally discovered in the L5 vertebral body during full body scanning for evaluation for a renal transplant. The lesion was diagnosed as a chordoma via percutaneous coaxial needle biopsy. Allogeneic renal transplant was canceled pending treatment of this newly discovered lesion. A combined, staged approach of L3-pelvis posterior instrumented fusion, L5 laminectomy and spondylectomy, and anterior L5 cage reconstruction with L4-S1 fusion was planned. Intraoperative computed tomography scan was performed and stereotactic osteotomies were planned. Ultrasonic osteotome (SONOPET Ultrasonic Aspirator) was registered as a navigation tool and employed, after verification, to complete the posterior stereotactic osteotomies, with postoperative computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathology demonstrating successful en bloc resection. The navigated osteotome provided a critical combination of surgical precision and efficiency intraoperatively. This approach offers a promising technological adjunct for the treatment of complex spine tumors requiring precise resection and reconstruction.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND
Chordomas are rare, locally malignant tumors derived from remnants of the notochord that can manifest anywhere in the spine or base of the skull. Surgical treatment for chordomas of the lumbar spine often fails to achieve successful en bloc resection, which is critical to minimizing recurrence risk.
CASE DESCRIPTION
In this case report, the authors describe total en bloc resection of a lumbar vertebral body chordoma via the first documented approach of navigated ultrasonic osteotomy for spondylectomy. The patient is a 43-year-old man with end-stage renal disease, requiring dialysis, secondary to diabetes mellitus. The lesion in question was incidentally discovered in the L5 vertebral body during full body scanning for evaluation for a renal transplant. The lesion was diagnosed as a chordoma via percutaneous coaxial needle biopsy. Allogeneic renal transplant was canceled pending treatment of this newly discovered lesion. A combined, staged approach of L3-pelvis posterior instrumented fusion, L5 laminectomy and spondylectomy, and anterior L5 cage reconstruction with L4-S1 fusion was planned. Intraoperative computed tomography scan was performed and stereotactic osteotomies were planned. Ultrasonic osteotome (SONOPET Ultrasonic Aspirator) was registered as a navigation tool and employed, after verification, to complete the posterior stereotactic osteotomies, with postoperative computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathology demonstrating successful en bloc resection. The navigated osteotome provided a critical combination of surgical precision and efficiency intraoperatively.
CONCLUSIONS
This approach offers a promising technological adjunct for the treatment of complex spine tumors requiring precise resection and reconstruction.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32791231
pii: S1878-8750(20)31785-X
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.021
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

319-324

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Auteurs

Donald K Detchou (DK)

Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Ryan Dimentberg (R)

Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Kerry A Vaughan (KA)

Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Rachel Kolster (R)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Benjamin M Braslow (BM)

Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Neil R Malhotra (NR)

Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Translational Spine Research Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: neil.malhotra@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

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