Chapter 169 Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion M. Yashar S. Kalani, Mark Garrett, Nicholas Theodore The introduction of novel fixation techniques and instrumentation has resulted in their ever increasing application for…
Chapter 196 Imaging for Peripheral Nerve Disorders Aaron G. Filler Nerves can be seen in computed tomography (CT) scans and in routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. However, because they…
Chapter 63 Contemporary Dorsal Rhizotomy Surgery for the Treatment of Spasticity in Childhood Doniel Drazin, Kurtis Auguste, Moise Danielpour Cerebral palsy is a movement disorder resulting from an insult to…
Chapter 173 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Indications and Techniques Clifford J. Eskey Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive, percutaneous procedures in which a fast-setting polymer is injected into a pathologic vertebral…
Chapter 179 Management of Sacral Fractures Carlo Bellabarba, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Jens R. Chapman Although the sacrum is integral to the biomechanical and neuroprotective roles of the spinal column and…
Chapter 160 Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Discectomy Indications and Techniques Joshua M. Ammerman, Anthony J. Caputy History Thoracic Disc Disease The surgical management of disorders of the thoracic spine began in 1814…
Chapter 168 Dynamic Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine Indications and Techniques William Welch, Boyle C. Cheng, Tariq E. Awad, M. Mason Macenski Fusion is, has been, and will continue to…
Chapter 139 Principles of Scalp Surgery and Surgical Management of Major Defects of Scalp Gaby D. Doumit, Alexandra Schmidek, Michael J. Yaremchuk Major defects of the scalp are most often…
Chapter 41 Surgical Management of Lesions of the Clivus Giulio Maira, Francesco Doglietto, Roberto Pallini The clivus is localized at the center of the skull base, and its deep location…
Chapter 79 Far Lateral Approach and Transcondylar and Supracondylar Extensions for Aneurysms of the Vertebrobasilar Junction Mohamed Samy Elhammady, Eric C. Peterson, Roberto C. Heros, Jacques J. Morcos Lesions of…
