Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Disc Replacement, and Corpectomy D. Alex Stroh Brad W. Moatz P. Justin Tortolani DEFINITION Lumbar disc degeneration is an age-related process heralded by a loss of…
Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting Sreeharsha V. Nandyala Alejandro Marquez-Lara Junyoung Ahn Kern Singh DEFINITION The use of autogenous bone graft is considered by most surgeons to be the gold…
Transforaminal and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Saad B. Chaudhary Mitchell F. Reiter DEFINITION Several arthrodesis techniques are available to address the various pathologic processes in the lumbar spine. The standard…
Posterolateral Thoracolumbar Fusion with Instrumentation Sreeharsha V. Nandyala Alejandro Marquez-Lara Junyoung Ahn Kern Singh ANATOMY Pedicle morphology is detailed in Table 1. IMAGING AND OTHER DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES Standing posteroanterior and…
Lumbar Decompression Bradley K. Weiner Ronald Mitchell DEFINITION Degenerative changes that are part of the aging process may lead to compression of neurologic tissues within the spinal canal or subarticular…
Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Laminoforaminotomy Laura A. Snyder Richard G. Fessler DEFINITION Cervical radiculopathy is a neurologic condition characterized by dysfunction of a cervical spinal nerve, the roots of the…
Lumbar Discectomy Bradley K. Weiner Ronald Mitchell DEFINITION Clinically significant lumbar disc herniations are characterized by a focal distortion of the normal anatomic configuration of discal material resulting in compression…
Reduction Techniques for Cervical Fractures and Dislocations Adam M. Pearson Alexander R. Vaccaro BACKGROUND Cervical spine fractures are seen in approximately 5% of trauma patients being evaluated at level I…
Cervical Disc Replacement Michael A. Finn Arianne Boylan Paul A. Anderson ANATOMY Familiarity with the anterior cervical anatomy is a necessity, particularly in regard to muscular, fascial, vascular, aerodigestive, nervous,…
Cervical Osteotomies for Kyphosis Michael P. Kelly Adam L. Wollowick K. Daniel Riew DEFINITION The precise definition of cervical kyphosis is not clearly described. Normal alignment from C2 to C7…
