Sacrococcygeal teratoma: results of a retrospective multicentric study in Belgium and Luxembourg

Antoine De Backer; Patrice Erpicum; Paul Philippe; Martine Demarche; Jean Bernard Otte; Koen Schwagten; Michel Vandelanotte; Martine Docx; Thomas Rose; Arnold Verhelst; Diane De Caluwé; Peter Deconinck

Sacrococcygeal teratoma: results of a retrospective multicentric study in Belgium and Luxembourg

Antoine De Backer, Patrice Erpicum, Paul Philippe, Martine Demarche, Jean Bernard Otte, Koen Schwagten, Michel Vandelanotte, Martine Docx, Thomas Rose, Arnold Verhelst, Diane De Caluwé, Peter Deconinck

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Eighteen patients, operated upon for sacrococcygeal teratoma in 7 different centres in Belgium and Luxembourg between 1992 and 1996, were reviewed. From an epidemiological point of view, this series compares very well to others. Although excellent results were obtained, with all patients surviving, some imperfection in diagnosis, timing of delivery and of operation, and in operative technique was observed. Therefore, it is stated that for optimal treatment of sacrococcygeal teratoma to be achieved, these cases should be treated in just a very few centres of neonatal surgery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	182-185
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume	11
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

sacrococcygeal teratoma
child
germ cell tumor

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De Backer, Antoine ; Erpicum, Patrice ; Philippe, Paul ; Demarche, Martine ; Otte, Jean Bernard ; Schwagten, Koen ; Vandelanotte, Michel ; Docx, Martine ; Rose, Thomas ; Verhelst, Arnold ; De Caluwé, Diane ; Deconinck, Peter. / Sacrococcygeal teratoma: results of a retrospective multicentric study in Belgium and Luxembourg. In: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 1999 ; Vol. 11. pp. 182-185.

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Sacrococcygeal teratoma: results of a retrospective multicentric study in Belgium and Luxembourg. / De Backer, Antoine; Erpicum, Patrice; Philippe, Paul; Demarche, Martine; Otte, Jean Bernard; Schwagten, Koen; Vandelanotte, Michel; Docx, Martine; Rose, Thomas; Verhelst, Arnold; De Caluwé, Diane; Deconinck, Peter.

In: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol. 11, 1999, p. 182-185.

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