Vertebral Column Resection
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation/Fusion
Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation/Fusion Dheera Ananthakrishnan Andrew H. Milby Illustrative Case The patient is a 55-year-old female with long-standing thoracic and lumbar idiopathic scoliosis with recurrent low back and bilateral leg…
Costotransversectomy and Lateral Extracavitary Approach
Costotransversectomy and Lateral Extracavitary Approach Andrew H. Milby John M. Rhee Illustrative Case A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer presenting with severe thoracic back pain and myelopathy (Figures 15-1…
Posterior-Anterior-Posterior Treatment of Severe Cervical Kyphotic Deformity
Posterior-Anterior-Posterior Treatment of Severe Cervical Kyphotic Deformity Christopher T. Martin John M. Rhee Indications Severe, rigid (with or without ankylosis) cervical kyphosis in which adequate correction is not obtainable without…
Percutaneous Thoracic Fusion and Pedicle Screw Instrumentation
Percutaneous Thoracic Fusion and Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Ehsan Saadat Dheera Ananthakrishnan Keith W. Michael Illustrative Case A 33-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle crash, with a bony chance fracture….
