Far Lateral Lumbar Disc Herniations
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Far lateral disc herniations (FLDHs) of the lumbar spine represent a relatively rare condition in which the site of neural element compression is located lateral to…
Surgical Management of Thoracic Stenosis with Myelopathy
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Spinal stenosis in the thoracic region is a rare condition. Causes for the condition are varied and include generalized skeletal disorders and localized spinal conditions. The…
Posterior Treatment of the Thoracic Herniated Disc
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Herniation of thoracic intervertebral discs occurs commonly but infrequently leads to symptomatic presentation. Historically, posterior treatment of herniated thoracic discs was limited to laminectomy and accompanied…
Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder that commonly affects the cervical spine. Three characteristic patterns of cervical instability result from rheumatoid involvement: atlantoaxial…
Posttraumatic Arthritis of the Cervical Spine: Operative and Nonoperative Management
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Posttraumatic neck pain is incompletely understood. Most cases of pain from whiplash incidents resolve with conservative therapy, but some patients require targeted injections or nerve ablation….
Cervical Myelopathy
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Myelopathy describes damage to the white-matter tracts and central gray matter of the spinal cord. Myelopathy can be traumatic or nontraumatic, and acute or chronic. This…
Principles of Correction for Monocompartmental Arthritis of the Knee
Chapter Preview CHAPTER SYNOPSIS Monocompartmental arthritis of the knee is one of the most common indications for deformity correction surgery. In gait laboratories, it has been proved that the predicted…
Posttraumatic Deformities of the Cervical Spine: Operative Management
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Spinal deformity resulting from spinal trauma may be acute or chronic. In cases resulting in acute spinal cord injury, surgical correction of the deformity may be…
Cervical Radiculopathy
CHAPTER PREVIEW CHAPTER SYNOPSIS: Cervical radiculopathy is the most common presentation of cervical disc disease and usually involves mixed components of neck and arm symptoms. The most commonly clinical complaints…
Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: Indications, Technique, and Results
CHAPTER PREVIEW Chapter Synopsis The indications, techniques, and results of reverse shoulder arthroplasty, evolved exclusively from leading shoulder centers in Europe, are found in fewer than 20 published reports of…
