Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
33 Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis Jim A. Youssef, Katie A. Patty, and Douglas G. Orndorff Adult isthmic spondylolisthesis (AIS), a subluxation of a vertebral body (VB) over a subadjacent VB, occurs…
Ankylosing Spondylitis
25 Ankylosing Spondylitis Tony Tannoury and Jeffery Thomas P. Luna Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a seronegative inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology and is one of the spondylarthritides commonly associated…
Lumbar Laparoscopy
58 Lumbar Laparoscopy Haim D. Blecher Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has traditionally been a technique widely utilized by spine surgeons for the treatment of many disorders. Given the ability…
Corrective Osteotomies for Kyphosis
44 Corrective Osteotomies for Kyphosis Lukas P. Zebala and Keith H. Bridwell This chapter reviews three techniques for posterior-only correction of kyphotic deformities: Ponte or Smith-Petersen osteotomy (SPO), pedicle subtraction…
Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Approaches
56 Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Approaches D. Greg Anderson and Gregory Gebauer Modern minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques in the spine have focused primarily on the thoracolumbar spine. Current advances…
Spinal Imaging for Pseudarthrosis
66 Spinal Imaging for Pseudarthrosis Daniel J. Blizzard, Qusai Hammouri, Joshua William Hustedt, and Jonathan Newman Grauer Failure of spinal arthrodesis or fusion leads to a condition called pseudarthrosis. Though…
Spinal Cord Stimulators for Back Pain
68 Spinal Cord Stimulators for Back Pain David L. Penn, Chengyuan Wu, Steven M. Falowski, and Ashwini Sharan Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a highly versatile method of treating neuropathic…
Infantile Scoliosis
37 Infantile Scoliosis Samuel R. Rosenfeld Infantile idiopathic scoliosis is a coronal plane deformity of the spine exceeding 10 degrees diagnosed prior to the age of 3 years. Weinstein prefers…
Metastatic Spinal Tumors
47 Metastatic Spinal Tumors Paul Kraemer and Rick C. Sasso The spine is the most common site of skeletal metastatic disease. Spinal metastases account for the majority of spinal tumors…
