The Spine presents the material in a concise and logical manner, stressing the important points and making clear the steps involved in performing each procedure.
The world's foremost spine surgeons:
- Describe their preferred techniques in step-by-step detail.
- Explain the indications and contraindications.
- Identify pitfalls and potential complications.
- Offer pearls and tips for improving results
This book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye view intraoperative photographs, as well as drawings by noted medical illustrators.
Contents
Part I: Cervical Spine
- Anterior Cervical Approach
- Anterior Cervical Disectomy and Spine Fusion
- Cervical Vertebrectomy and Plating
- Cervical Osteotomy
- Anterior Odontoid Fixation
- Anterior Cervicothoracic Approach
- Posterior Cervical Microendoscopic Disectomy/Foraminotomy
- Cervical Laminoplasty
- C1-C2 Posterior Screw-Rod Fixation
- Posterior Occipitocervical Fusion
Part II: Thoracolumbar Spine
- Anterior Thoracolumbar Extensile Approach
- Anterior Scoliosis Reduction/Fixation: Open and Endoscopic
- Hemivertebrae Excision
- Anterior Thoracolumbar Corpectomy and Stabilization
- Anterior Thoracoscopic Disectomy
- Posterior Spinal Fixation for Thoracolumbar Spinal Trauma
- Posterior Spinal Instrumentation Techniques for Spinal Deformity
- Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
- Vertebral Resection for the Correction of Fixed Coronal Deformity
Part III: Lumbar Spine
- Lumbar Microdiscectomy
- Lumbar Microendoscopic Discectomy
- Transpedicular Fixation
- Transforaminal Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Mini-ALIF with Cages
- Sacropelvic Fixation
Index
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