Posterolateral Thoracolumbar Fusion with Instrumentation

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Posterolateral Thoracolumbar Fusion with Instrumentation Sreeharsha V. Nandyala Alejandro Marquez-Lara Junyoung Ahn Kern Singh ANATOMY Pedicle morphology is detailed in Table 1. IMAGING AND OTHER DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES Standing posteroanterior and…

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Lumbar Decompression

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Lumbar Decompression Bradley K. Weiner Ronald Mitchell DEFINITION Degenerative changes that are part of the aging process may lead to compression of neurologic tissues within the spinal canal or subarticular…

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Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Laminoforaminotomy

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Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Laminoforaminotomy Laura A. Snyder Richard G. Fessler DEFINITION Cervical radiculopathy is a neurologic condition characterized by dysfunction of a cervical spinal nerve, the roots of the…

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Lumbar Discectomy

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Lumbar Discectomy Bradley K. Weiner Ronald Mitchell DEFINITION Clinically significant lumbar disc herniations are characterized by a focal distortion of the normal anatomic configuration of discal material resulting in compression…

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Cervical Disc Replacement

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Cervical Disc Replacement Michael A. Finn Arianne Boylan Paul A. Anderson ANATOMY Familiarity with the anterior cervical anatomy is a necessity, particularly in regard to muscular, fascial, vascular, aerodigestive, nervous,…

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Cervical Osteotomies for Kyphosis

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Cervical Osteotomies for Kyphosis Michael P. Kelly Adam L. Wollowick K. Daniel Riew DEFINITION The precise definition of cervical kyphosis is not clearly described. Normal alignment from C2 to C7…

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Posterior Cervical Fusion with Instrumentation

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Posterior Cervical Fusion with Instrumentation Raj Rao Satyajit V. Marawar SURGICAL MANAGEMENT Operative intervention in the posterior subaxial cervical spine is frequently carried out for decompression or stabilization. Fusion and…

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Cervical Laminoplasty

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Cervical Laminoplasty Steven K. Leckie James S. Kercher S. Tim Yoon DEFINITION Cervical laminoplasty is a surgical technique first described in 19833 that allows for decompression of the cervical cord…

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