CHAPTER 86 Surgical Decompression for Herniated Nucleus Pulposus Rick B. Delamarter, Ben B. Pradhan INTRODUCTION Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) falls within the spectrum of degenerative spinal conditions, and can…
CHAPTER 92 Injection Procedures Rajeev K. Patel, Clifford R. Everett BACKGROUND The natural history of low back pain has been reported to be quite favorable in some studies and is…
CHAPTER 117 Surgery for Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome Michael R. Moore INTRODUCTION Surgical treatment for sacroiliac pain can be considered when other therapeutic options have failed, and when the patient’s symptoms…
CHAPTER 51 Cervical Instability W.W. Lu, C.Y. Wen, G.X. Qiu, K.D.K. Luk INTRODUCTION The definition of spinal instability has been a subject of considerable debate for decades, even among experts….
CHAPTER 133 Endoscopic Discectomy and Foraminal Decompression Anthony T. Yeung, Christopher Alan Yeung INTRODUCTION Endoscopic disc surgery is evolving rapidly because of improvements in surgical technique, endoscope design, adjunctive surgical…
CHAPTER 70 Surgical Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy David H. Kim, Alexander R. Vaccaro INTRODUCTION This chapter will review current concepts regarding surgical planning, technique, and perioperative management for patients with…
CHAPTER 96 Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty Peter C. Gerszten, William C. Welch INTRODUCTION Spine specialists have been frustrated by the lack of effective treatments for chronic low back pain. The intervertebral…
CHAPTER 28 Automated Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy: Technique Giuseppe Bonaldi INTRODUCTION Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy (APLD) was introduced in 1985 by Gary Onik et al.1–3 Since the 1960s, many different techniques…
CHAPTER 98 Spondylolisthesis: Epidemiology and Assessment Santhosh A. Thomas INTRODUCTION Etymologically, the term spondylolisthesis derives from Greek roots spondylos (vertebra) and olisthesis (to slip or slide down). It is now…
CHAPTER 108 Neuraxial Drug Administration to Treat Pain of Spinal Origin Joshua P. Prager INTRODUCTION Advances in neurobiology serve as the basis for current and evolving implantable pain modalities, consisting…
