Musculoskeletal Key

Lumbar Posterior Column Osteotomy and Correction Mathew Cyriac John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 47-year-old man who underwent several previous surgeries elsewhere resulting in a solid fusion from L3 to…

Vertebral Column Resection Andrew H. Milby Dheera Ananthakrishnan Illustrative Case The patient is a 48-year-old male s/p motor vehicle accident at age 18, L1 fracture treated with a posterior fusion…

Lumbar Corpectomy John A. Rodriguez-Feo Andrew H. Milby S. Tim Yoon Illustrative Case A 50-year-old male fell from a roof sustaining isolated spine fractures consisting of an L3 burst fracture…

Microdiskectomy Christopher T. Martin John M. Rhee Sangwook T. Yoon Radiologic Assessment—Key Factors to Consider on X-ray, MRI, CT The location of the disk herniation is key to planning the…

Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Ehsan Saadat John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A-54-year-old woman status post L4-S1 fusion done elsewhere. Now presents with severe low back pain, bilateral leg pain,…

Thoracic Direct Lateral Corpectomy Mathew Cyriac Keith Michael Illustrative case A 55-year-old male underwent previous T10-L2 percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation stabilization without decompression for T12 pathologic burst fracture because of…

Posterior Correction of Scoliosis Christopher T. Martin Dheera Ananthakrishnan Radiologic Assessment—Key Factors to Consider on X-ray, MRI, CT Standing 36 in anteroposterior (AP) and lateral scoliosis radiographs are standard in…

Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation/Fusion Dheera Ananthakrishnan Andrew H. Milby Illustrative Case The patient is a 55-year-old female with long-standing thoracic and lumbar idiopathic scoliosis with recurrent low back and bilateral leg…

Costotransversectomy and Lateral Extracavitary Approach Andrew H. Milby John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer presenting with severe thoracic back pain and myelopathy (Figures 15-1…