Simulation Testing of Knee Implants
Chapter 18 Simulation Testing of Knee Implants John Fisher, Louise Jennings, Claire L. Brockett INTRODUCTION TO WEAR SIMULATION EFFECT OF INPUT KINEMATICS ON BEARING WEAR INFLUENCE OF BEARING DESIGN ON…
Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Knee Disorders
Chapter 4 Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Knee Disorders Anna L. Stevens, Burhan Gharaibeh, Kurt R. Weiss, Freddie H. Fu, Johnny Huard DEFINITION GENE SELECTION VECTORS AND EXPRESSION Nonviral…
Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment
61 Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment David A. Ditsworth, Luis A. Lombardi, and Irina G. Bogacheva Low back pain is one of the most commonly encountered problems in a medical practice….
Spine Emergencies
73 Spine Emergencies Kris Radcliff and Christopher K. Kepler This chapter describes identification and management of situations that may require urgent or emergent decision making and possibly surgical intervention to…
Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty
62 Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty Mostafa H. El Dafrawy and Lee H. Riley Despite the high success rate and long-term track record of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) for…
Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion Devices
64 Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion Devices Moe R. Lim, William C. Welch, Joon Y. Lee, Peter C. Gerszten, and Richard M. Spiro Normal function of the lumbar spine depends on segmental…
Penetrating Injuries to the Spine
72 Penetrating Injuries to the Spine Ashvin K. Dewan and A. Jay Khanna In a cohort of more than 24,000 patients studied by the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center,…
Bracing and Orthoses
71 Bracing and Orthoses Peter Lewkonia and Charles G. Fisher External immobilization of the spine has been used for centuries to treat spinal conditions from acute trauma to chronic deformity….
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Spine Surgery
67 Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Spine Surgery Vidya M. Bhalodia, Anthony K. Sestokas, and Daniel M. Schwartz Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) is the continuous use of electrophysiologic recording techniques to identify…
Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery
59 Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery Sapan D. Gandhi and D. Greg Anderson Only a small number of patients with low back pain are considered candidates for surgical intervention. Surgical…
