Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery: Avoidance and Management of Complications

✍ Scribed by Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Antonio Picardi (auth.), Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Vincenzo Denaro (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 300
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Spinal surgery is a unique area in the process of continuous development. New skills are applied daily in this delicate field by the spinal surgeon: this professional can be either an orthopaedic surgeon or a neurosurgeon dedicated to the treatment of spinal diseases. This book offers a comprehensive approach and reviews all of the possible errors encountered by spinal surgeons in the clinical practice. It is mainly directed towards young surgeons approaching spinal surgery and also to experienced surgeons with regards to complications related to the latest technologies in the spinal field. This approach of treating and understanding problems in cervical spine surgery is unique and will guide the reader towards an improved level of attention regarding pitfalls in cervical spine surgery, therefore fostering the ability of preventing major complications and medicolegal consequences.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Complication Related to Medical Conditions....Pages 3-11
Hematologic Issues in Cervical Spine Surgery....Pages 13-27
Complications in Surgical Management of Cervical Spinal Metastases....Pages 29-43
Systematic Approach to the Patient to Minimize Errors of Diagnosis and Surgical Indications....Pages 45-56
Considerations and Anesthesiologic Complications in Spinal Surgery....Pages 59-68
General Complications Related to Patient Positioning....Pages 69-77
Complications Related to Anterior Approaches....Pages 81-90
Complications Related to Anterolateral Approaches....Pages 91-108
Complications Related to Posterior Approach....Pages 109-118
Degenerative Disk Disease....Pages 121-163
Cervical Spine Bone Tumor Surgery....Pages 165-174
Cervical Spine Traumas....Pages 175-191
Infections of the Cervical Spine....Pages 193-201
Pitfalls Related to Inflammatory Disorders....Pages 203-218
Spinal Cord Neoplasms....Pages 221-228
Syringomyelia....Pages 229-235
Complications Related to Graft....Pages 239-281
Pitfalls Related to Inadequate or Incomplete Surgical Technique and Errors of Level....Pages 283-290
Complications Due to Inadequate Cervical Spinal Immobilization....Pages 291-299
Back Matter....Pages 301-303

✦ Subjects

Surgical Orthopedics; Neurosurgery; Forensic Medicine

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