Table 1.

Patient demographics and tumor type

Author	Year	# of Pts	Age	Sex	Tumor type	Neurological deficit
Humphries et al. [16]	2010	1	15	F	Myofibroblastic sarcoma	Y
Gallia et al. [17]	2010	1	52	F	Malignant fibrous histiocytoma	Y
Varga et al. [10]	2010	1	42	M	Chordoma	Y
Newman et al. [11]	2009	1	35	M	Chondrosarcoma	Y
McLoughlin et al. [12]	2008	1	57	M	Osteoblastoma	Y
Shen et al. [18]	2006	1	44	M	Chordoma	NR
Gallia et al. [21]	2005	1	52	M	Chordoma	Y
Fourney et al. [2]	2005	3	35a	M (3)	Chordoma (2), chondrosarcoma (1)	NR
Dickey et al. [20]	2005	6	40a	M (2), F (4)	Ependymoma, osteosarcoma, chordoma, chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, meningioma	Y
Min et al. [29]	2005	1	35	F	Neurofibrosarcoma	Y
Zileli et al. [24]	2003	3	28a	M (1), F (2)	Chondrosarcoma (2), osteosarcoma (1)	Y
Ohata et al. [13]	2004	1	13	M	Unclassified sarcoma	Y
Doita et al. [8]	2003	3	61a	M (2), F (1)	Giant cell tumor, chordoma (2)	NR
Mooney et al. [14]	1999	1	10	M	Fibrosarcoma	Y
Sar et al. [25]	2002	3	18a	M (2), F (1)	Giant cell tumor, chondrosarcoma (2)	NR
Wuisman et al. [19]	2001	1	42	F	Osteosarcoma	Y
Jackson et al. [22]	2000	5	45b	M (8), F (5)b	Giant cell tumor (2), chordoma (2), chondrosarcoma (1)	Y
Spiegel et al. [15]	1999	1	16	M	Osteosarcoma	Y
Gokaslan et al. [26]	1997	2	34a	F (2)	Giant cell tumor (2)	Y
Santi et al. [30]	1993	1	48	M	Schwannoma	N
Shikata et al. [23]	1992	1	34	M	Giant cell tumor	Y
Tomita et al. [27]	1990	2	52a	M (1), F (1)	Giant cell tumor (1), Chordoma (1)	NR, Y
Shikata et al. [28]	1988	2	35a	M (1) F (1)	Giant cell tumor (1) Chondrosarcoma (1)	Y

NR not reported, Y yes

^a Average of patient with total sacrectomy, ^b average of all patients reported in article