Congenital Scoliosis
36 Congenital Scoliosis John P. Lubicky Congenital scoliosis is a spinal deformity caused by incompletely formed or incompletely segmented vertebrae and has as its essential characteristic asymmetric growth. Other associated…
Post-Traumatic Thoracolumbar Kyphosis
43 Post-Traumatic Thoracolumbar Kyphosis David M. Neils, Arnima Bhasin, Daniel R. Fassett, and Jeff S. Silber Trauma to the spinal column, with or without injury to the spinal cord, has…
Cervical Myelopathy: Posterior Approach
20 Cervical Myelopathy: Posterior Approach Andrew K. Simpson, Stewart Kerr, and Andrew P. White Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is the most common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in older individuals. The…
Minimally Invasive Anterior Cervical Approaches
55 Minimally Invasive Anterior Cervical Approaches Gregory Gebauer and D. Greg Anderson Although the traditional anterior Smith-Robinson approach to cervical disk pathology fulfills many of the goals of a less-invasive…
Bone Graft Substitutes/Biologics
70 Bone Graft Substitutes/Biologics Alex Gitelman, Rahul Basho, Brandon J. Rebholz, Beck D. McAllister, and Jeffrey C. Wang Bone grafts have been used in orthopedic surgery since the 1800s. Early…
Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
31 Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Vincent J. Devlin and Matthew R. Eager Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis is defined as the anterior subluxation of one vertebra relative to the adjacent inferior vertebra in…
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
30 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Gregory Gebauer and D. Greg Anderson Lumbar spinal stenosis involves narrowing of the spinal canal and is a common condition among older adults with spondylosis. Some…
Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior Approach
19 Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior Approach Gregory Gebauer, Alan S. Hilibrand, and Maurice Goins Myelopathy is a constellation of symptoms resulting from spinal cord dysfunction due to compression on the spinal…
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
26 Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis Kornelis A. Poelstra Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), or Forestier disease, is a fairly common (up to 28% of elderly patients) degenerative disorder of unknown…
