CHAPTER 70 Cervical Instrumentation Anterior and Posterior Eeric Truumees, MD Overview In the late 1890s, Hadra of Galveston, Texas, stabilized a cervical fracture-dislocation in the first modern report of spine…
CHAPTER 56 Minimally Invasive Posterior Approaches to the Spine Choll W. Kim, MD, PhD, James D. Schwender, MD, Kevin Foley, MD The term minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery describes a…
CHAPTER 26 Pediatric Kyphosis Scheuermann Disease and Congenital Deformity Steven S. Agabegi, MD, Namdar Kazemi, MD, Alvin H. Crawford, MD The normal adult spine has four curves in the sagittal…
CHAPTER 98 Postoperative Spinal Infections Jeremy Smith, MD, Nitin N. Bhatia, MD Postoperative spinal wound infections are relatively frequent problems that treating spine surgeons must know how to diagnose and…
CHAPTER 87 Metabolic Bone Disorders of the Spine Aasis Unnanuntana, MD, Roberto Miki, MD, Brian P. Gladnick, BA, Pamela J. Sherman, MD, Gigi R. Madore, MD, Joseph M. Lane, MD…
CHAPTER 57 Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Instrumentation David Strothman, MD, James D. Schwender, MD Overview Over recent years minimally invasive surgical techniques have evolved to safely allow access to the…
CHAPTER 19 Anterior Exposure to Lumbosacral Spine Anatomy and Techniques David S. Wernsing, MD, Richard Balderston, MD There has been an increasing need for access surgery to the lumbosacral spine….
CHAPTER 81 Acute Treatment of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury Richard B. Rodgers, MD, Eric M. Horn, MD, PhD, Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD Since the implementation of emergency medical systems…
CHAPTER 21 Back Pain in Children and Adolescents Lori A. Karol, MD The prevalence of back pain in children and adolescents is increasing. Although it is assumed that pediatric back…
CHAPTER 94 Complications of Spinal Surgery John G. Heller, MD, Reginald S. Fayssoux, MD The number of things that can go wrong during spinal surgery is daunting because at every…
