Spine Emergencies

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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…

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Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment

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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….

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Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty

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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…

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Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion Devices

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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…

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Penetrating Injuries to the Spine

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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,…

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Bracing and Orthoses

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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….

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Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Spine Surgery

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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…

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Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery

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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…

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Pyogenic Infections of the Spine

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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…

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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

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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…

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