and Peter Grunert2 (1) Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA (2) Astria Health Center, Yakima, WA, USA KeywordsSoft discLumbar stenosisRadiculopathyImagingRedo discectomyRedo laminotomy/laminectomy Overview There is a significant chance that a…
(1) Department of Orthopaedics, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA KeywordsCervicalPosteriorSurgeryPositioningSetupComplicationsMayfieldEquipmentEvaluation Introduction Surgical positioning of patients who are to undergo posterior cervical surgery is complicated and needs to…
, William D. Zelenty1 and Daniel M. Dean1 (1) Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA KeywordsAdult/adolescent idiopathic scoliosisThoracic scoliosisPedicle screw instrumentation Introduction Both adult scoliosis and adolescent idiopathic…
, Emre Yilmaz1 and Tamir A. Tawfik1 (1) Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA KeywordsMetastatic spine diseaseTumorMetastasis Introduction Metastatic Spine Tumors In the United States there are about 1.2…
(1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown Univeristy Hospital, Washington, DC, USA (2) School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA KeywordsCervical disc arthroplasty (CDA)Total disc arthroplasty (TDA)Cervical disc…
and J. Alex Thomas2 (1) The Jordan Young Institute, Virginia Beach, VA, USA (2) Atlantic Neurosurgical and Spine Specialists, Wilmington, NC, USA KeywordsLumbar fusionPosterior lumbar interbody fusionTransforaminal lumbar interbody fusionRadiation reductionPedicle…
, Joshua T. Wewel1 and John E. O’Toole1 (1) Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA KeywordsLumbar disc herniationMicrodiscectomyMinimally invasive spine surgery Introduction Low back pain (LBP) is one of…
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA (2) Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA KeywordsThoracic disc herniationCentrolateralTranspedicularCostotransversectomyLateral extracavitaryLateral retropleuralTransthoracic Introduction Disc herniation is…
(1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA (2) Washington Spine & Scoliosis Institute at OrthoBethesda, Bethesda, MD, USA KeywordsMinimally invasive spine surgeryAnterior thoracic…
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2) Department of Neurosurgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA KeywordsCervical radiculopathyCervical…