Rationale of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
CHAPTER 55 Rationale of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Choll W. Kim, MD, PhD, Steven R. Garfin, MD, Richard G. Fessler, MD The goal of minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery is…
Chronic Pain: The Basic Science
CHAPTER 103 Chronic Pain The Basic Science Aldric Hama, PhD, Shyam Gajavelli, PhD, Jacqueline Sagen, PhD In addition to the five senses, pain sensation is also an important physiologic means…
Basic Science of Spinal Cord Injury
CHAPTER 75 Basic Science of Spinal Cord Injury Alexandre Rasouli, MD, W. Dalton Dietrich, III, PhD Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most devastating injury for patients and spine surgeons…
Bone Substitutes: Basic Science and Clinical Applications
CHAPTER 68 Bone Substitutes Basic Science and Clinical Applications Jeffrey C. Wang, MD, Scott McGovern, MD, Winston Fong, MD Spinal fusion is a common treatment for various conditions including deformity,…
Spinal Intradural Infections
CHAPTER 90 Spinal Intradural Infections Ramin J. Javahery, MD, Allan D. Levi, MD, PhD Bacterial Pathogens Spinal Subdural Empyema Background The current understanding of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis…
Development of the Spine
CHAPTER 1 Development of the Spine Christopher M. Bono, MD, Wesley W. Parke, PhD, Steven R. Garfin, MD The embryologic development of the human spine is an enormously complex process…
Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spinal Trauma of the Immature Spine
CHAPTER 28 Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spinal Trauma of the Immature Spine Justin B. Hohl, MD, Clinton J. Devin, MD, Catherine J. Fedorka, MD, Joon Yung Lee, MD Epidemiology Spine…
Ankylosing Spondylitis
CHAPTER 35 Ankylosing Spondylitis Serena S. Hu, MD, Dheera Ananthakrishnan, MD, MSE Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was first described in the late 1800s by a group of French neurologists. The hallmark…
Discography
CHAPTER 16 Discography Eugene Carragee, MD Provocative discography is a diagnostic test sometimes used to evaluate the disc as a potential source of persistent back and neck pain syndromes. In…
Electrical Stimulation for Spinal Fusion
CHAPTER 69 Electrical Stimulation for Spinal Fusion Paul A. Glazer, MD, Liane Clamen Glazer, MD, Michael W. Groff, MD Electrical stimulation therapies have been used for the past 35 years…
