Transforaminal and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Saad B. Chaudhary Mitchell F. Reiter DEFINITION Several arthrodesis techniques are available to address the various pathologic processes in the lumbar spine. The standard…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Reduction Techniques for Cervical Fractures and Dislocations Adam M. Pearson Alexander R. Vaccaro BACKGROUND Cervical spine fractures are seen in approximately 5% of trauma patients being evaluated at level I…
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,…
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…
Occipitocervical and C1-C2 Fusion with Instrumentation S. Babak Kalantar Youjeong Kim Maneesh Bawa John M. Rhee John G. Heller DEFINITION The term occipitocervical and atlantoaxial instability encompasses a number of…
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…
