Spine Emergencies
73 Spine Emergencies Kris Radcliff and Christopher K. Kepler This chapter describes identification and management of situations that may require urgent or emergent decision making and possibly surgical intervention to…
Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment
61 Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment David A. Ditsworth, Luis A. Lombardi, and Irina G. Bogacheva Low back pain is one of the most commonly encountered problems in a medical practice….
Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty
62 Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty Mostafa H. El Dafrawy and Lee H. Riley Despite the high success rate and long-term track record of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) for…
Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion Devices
64 Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion Devices Moe R. Lim, William C. Welch, Joon Y. Lee, Peter C. Gerszten, and Richard M. Spiro Normal function of the lumbar spine depends on segmental…
Penetrating Injuries to the Spine
72 Penetrating Injuries to the Spine Ashvin K. Dewan and A. Jay Khanna In a cohort of more than 24,000 patients studied by the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center,…
Bracing and Orthoses
71 Bracing and Orthoses Peter Lewkonia and Charles G. Fisher External immobilization of the spine has been used for centuries to treat spinal conditions from acute trauma to chronic deformity….
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Spine Surgery
67 Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Spine Surgery Vidya M. Bhalodia, Anthony K. Sestokas, and Daniel M. Schwartz Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) is the continuous use of electrophysiologic recording techniques to identify…
Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery
59 Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery Sapan D. Gandhi and D. Greg Anderson Only a small number of patients with low back pain are considered candidates for surgical intervention. Surgical…
Pyogenic Infections of the Spine
49 Pyogenic Infections of the Spine Olga A. Perlmutter and D. Greg Anderson Purulent infections of the spinal column are relatively rare. Risk factors for a purulent spinal infection include…
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
39 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Daniel G. Kang and Ronald A. Lehman Jr. The Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) defines adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) as a lateral curvature of the spine having…
