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…
Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures
Introduction ▪ Injuries to the thoracic and lumbar spine in pediatric patients are less frequent than injuries of the cervical spine, although they are not rare. ▪ Injuries are typically…
Administrative and Regulatory Issues Relating to Emergency Department Management of Musculoskeletal Emergencies
The local practice standards and guidelines that are in place to help deliver quality care represent a distillation of influences from many sources. These sources include federal and local legislative…
Pediatric Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum
Introduction ▪ Although pelvic fractures are rare in children (<0.2%), they are associated with injury to numerous other organ systems because they are typically the result of high-energy mechanisms. ▪…
