Commentary on “Sacral Nerves Reconstruction After Surgical Resection of a Large Sacral Chordoma Restores the Urinary and Sexual Function and the Anal Continence”

Chordoma is a rare tumor originating from the residue of the notochord which usually occurs in the sacrum, skull base and spine, and has the characteristics of local invasiveness and poor prognosis. 1 The clinical onset of chordoma is usually insidious and the symptoms are atypical. Therefore, at the time of diagnosis, the tumor has grown to a large volume, of-ten involving important nerves and blood vessels, and has a tendency to recur and metasta-size, bringing difficulties and challenges to surgical resection. 2 Nowadays, the options of treatment for sacral chordoma include surgical resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, tar-geted drug therapy, 3 and so on. However, surgery is still the main management modality