Cervical Instability
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….
Endoscopic Discectomy and Foraminal Decompression
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…
Surgical Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy
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…
Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty
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…
Automated Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy: Technique
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…
Spondylolisthesis: Epidemiology and Assessment
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…
Neuraxial Drug Administration to Treat Pain of Spinal Origin
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…
Epidemiology and Examination
CHAPTER 114 Epidemiology and Examination Philip Tasca, Curtis W. Slipman INTRODUCTION The most current paradigm of interventional spine care admits a multiplicity of potential spine-related sources of axial and appendicular…
Biomechanics of the Intervertebral Disc
CHAPTER 78 Biomechanics of the Intervertebral Disc Dawn M. Elliott, Chandra S. Yerramalli, Joshua D. Auerbach INTRODUCTION: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF DISC The intervertebral disc separates the rigid vertebral bodies…
Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Pain
CHAPTER 107 Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Pain Robert E. Windsor, Markus Niederwanger, Steven Lobel INTRODUCTION Since the first published paper on spinal cord stimulation (SCS) by Shealy in 1967…
