Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy John M. Rhee Mathew Cyriac Tyler Jenkins Illustrative Case A 52-year-old woman underwent rod-sublaminar wire stabilization for L2 fracture 20 years ago. Subsequently, she underwent decompression…
Application of Gardner-Wells Tongs, Mayfield Head Holder, and Halo Ehsan Saadat John M. Rhee Gardner-Wells Tongs General indications for Gardner-Wells tongs (Figure 30-1): To reduce fractures/dislocations of the cervical spine…
Neuromonitoring Alert During Spinal Surgery Ehsan Saadat John M. Rhee Intraoperative Monitoring In general, our indications for intraoperative monitoring include the following: Surgery for myelopathy (cervical or thoracic) Surgery involving…
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…
