Spine Surgery Basics

✍ Scribed by Christopher M. J. Cain (auth.), Vikas V. Patel, Alpesh Patel, James S. Harrop, Evalina Burger (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 565
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Spine surgery has increasingly become a surgical field of its own, with a distinct body of knowledge. This easy-to-use book, written by acknowledged experts, is designed to meet the practical needs of the novice and the busy resident by providing essential information on spine pathology, diagnostic evaluation, surgical procedures, and other treatments. After an opening general section, degenerative spinal disease, pediatric spine conditions, spine trauma, spine tumors, infections, inflammatory disorders, and metabolic conditions are all discussed in more depth. Alongside description and evaluation of surgical options, important background information is included on pathology, presentation, diagnosis, and nonsurgical treatments. Potential complications of surgery are also carefully considered. Spine Surgery Basics will be an invaluable aid for all who are embarking on a career in spinal surgery or require a ready reference that can be consulted during everyday practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Anatomy....Pages 3-12
Physical Examination of the Cervical Spine....Pages 13-21
Examination of Back Pain....Pages 23-35
Radiologic Imaging of the Spine....Pages 37-73
Diagnostic Evaluations....Pages 75-82
General Considerations for Spine Surgery Including Consent and Preparation. General Surgical Principles, Guidelines for Informed Consent, Patient Positioning for Surgery, Equipment Needed, and Postoperative Considerations....Pages 83-89
Surgical Approaches....Pages 91-98
Cervical and Cervicothoracic Instrumentation....Pages 99-112
Lumbosacral Instrumentation....Pages 113-145
Bone Graft and Bone Substitute Biology....Pages 147-152
Neurological Monitoring in Orthopedic Spine Surgery....Pages 153-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Cervical Disk Herniation and Radiculopathy....Pages 177-183
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM)....Pages 185-192
Thoracic Disc Herniation....Pages 193-201
Lumbar Disc Herniation....Pages 203-214
Lumbar Stenosis....Pages 215-219
Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis....Pages 221-227
Adult Spondylolysis and Isthmic Spondylolisthesis....Pages 229-238
Degenerative Disk Disease with and Without Facet Arthritis....Pages 239-246
Adult Degenerative Scoliosis....Pages 247-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Scoliosis....Pages 261-286
Pediatric Kyphosis....Pages 287-300
Congenital....Pages 301-310
Spondylolysis and Isthmic Spondylolisthesis....Pages 311-324
Spine Trauma: Occipital and Upper Cervical Spine....Pages 325-338
Spine Trauma: Subaxial Cervical Spine (C3–C7)....Pages 339-358
Thoracolumbar Spine (T1–L2)....Pages 359-371
Spine Trauma: Low Lumbar Spine (L3–5)....Pages 373-385
Sacral Spine, Pelvis, and Pelvic Ring....Pages 387-398
Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Management....Pages 399-409
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Primary Spine Tumors....Pages 413-421
Metastatic Spine Tumors....Pages 423-432
Primary Spinal Infections....Pages 433-451
Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors....Pages 453-463
Rheumatoid Arthritis....Pages 465-474
Ankylosing Spondylitis and Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis....Pages 475-489
Osteoporosis and the Aging Spine....Pages 491-497
Front Matter....Pages 499-499
Postoperative Spinal Infections....Pages 501-508
Management of Dural Tears in Spinal Surgery....Pages 509-519
Complications: Neurological Injury....Pages 521-531
Front Matter....Pages 499-499
Complications: Pseudoarthrosis/Nonunion....Pages 533-540
Medical Complications....Pages 541-566
Back Matter....Pages 567-577

✦ Subjects

Surgical Orthopedics; Neurosurgery; Rehabilitation Medicine