Cervical Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
Cervical Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy Andrew H. Milby John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 68-year-old female with a history of prior anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion at another institution for myelopathy…
C1-2 Instrumentation and Fusion
C1-2 Instrumentation and Fusion Christopher T. Martin John M. Rhee Radiologic Assessment—Key Factors to Consider on X-ray, MRI, CT, etc Unrecognized vertebral artery anomalies are a potentially catastrophic source of…
Occipitocervical Fixation and Fusion
Occipitocervical Fixation and Fusion Andrew H. Milby John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 51-year-old male presented to us with numerous craniocervical developmental abnormalities and severe cervical myelopathy because of occipitocervical…
Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy
Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy Ehsan Saadat John Heller John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 33-year-old right-hand-dominant man with several months of severe L-arm radicular pain, and a L-sided C6-7 disk herniation…
Cervical Subaxial Laminectomy, Instrumentation, and Fusion (C3 to Upper Thoracic)
Cervical Subaxial Laminectomy, Instrumentation, and Fusion (C3 to Upper Thoracic) Mathew Cyriac John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 54-year-old man with multilevel cervical spondylotic myeloradiculopathy (Figures 5-1 and 5-2). Figure…
Anterior Cervical Arthroplasty
Anterior Cervical Arthroplasty Mathew Cyriac John G. Heller Ideal Indications Younger patients with soft disk herniations, little segmental spondylosis, and preserved motion at the level of interest (Figures 3-1 and…
Cervical Laminoplasty
Cervical Laminoplasty Ehsan Saadat John Heller John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 70-year-old woman with painless progressive cervical myelopathy. X-ray demonstrates preserved lordotic alignment. MRI demonstrates multilevel severe cord compression…
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion Andrew H. Milby John M. Rhee John G. Heller Illustrative Case A 43-year-old woman with cervical myelopathy and deformity. There is retrovertebral cord compression behind…
Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion
Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion Ehsan Saadat John G. Heller John M. Rhee Illustrative Case Figure 1-1 A 58-year-old woman with 2 years of progressive cervical myelopathy, manifesting as hand…
Pediatric Fractures and Dislocations of the Hip
Introduction ▪ Hip fractures and dislocations are relatively rare in children accounting for less than 1% of all fractures and less than 5% of all dislocations. ▪ Hip fractures and…
