Spinal Cord Injury: The Role of Steroids
Spinal Cord Injury: The Role of Steroids Ian A. Madom Darrel S. Brodke Over the past two decades, extensive basic science and clinical research have focused on treating the secondary…
Controversies, Myths, and Realities Regarding the Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy with a Special Focus on Laminoplasty
Controversies, Myths, and Realities Regarding the Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy with a Special Focus on Laminoplasty Brett A. Freedman John G. Heller Spondylosis is the most common cause…
Management of Cervical Myelopathy Secondary to Retroodontoid Masses Transoral Resection versus Dorsal Decompression and Fusion
Management of Cervical Myelopathy Secondary to Retroodontoid Masses Transoral Resection versus Dorsal Decompression and Fusion Paul Kraemer Rick C. Sasso Cervical myelopathy secondary to spinal cord compression at C2 is…
Ventral Cervical Plating: Dynamic versus Static Debate
Ventral Cervical Plating: Dynamic versus Static Debate Raqeeb Haque Maxwell Boakye Michael G. Kaiser Brian Y. Hwang Regis W. Haid Jr. Ventral cervical fusion was developed in the 1950s and…
Dynamic versus Static Plates Debate: Dynamic Plates Are Better
Dynamic versus Static Plates Debate: Dynamic Plates Are Better Pierce D. Nunley BACKGROUND Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most commonly performed cervical spine procedures by…
Postoperative Airway Obstruction: When to Keep Intubated and the Use of Steroids
Postoperative Airway Obstruction: When to Keep Intubated and the Use of Steroids Nicholas Renaldo Jeff S. Silber Jared F. Brandoff Todd J. Albert Postoperative airway obstruction is a potentially lifethreatening…
Management of Postoperative Infections: Inflow and Outflow Drains, Antibiotic Beads, and Vacuum-assisted Closure
Management of Postoperative Infections: Inflow and Outflow Drains, Antibiotic Beads, and Vacuum-assisted Closure Steven C. Ludwig Joseph K. Lee Significant advancements have been made in spinal instrumentation for the treatment…
Intraoperative Vertebral Artery Injury—Pack Off, Tie, Repair, or Embolize
Intraoperative Vertebral Artery Injury—Pack Off, Tie, Repair, or Embolize Alex Gitelman Rahul Basho Jeffrey C. Wang Iatrogenic vertebral artery injury in cervical spine surgery is a rare, but potentially life-threatening,…
Persistent Dysphagia: Remove Plate versus Wait
Persistent Dysphagia: Remove Plate versus Wait Kern Singh Justin Munns Daniel K. Park Persistent dysphagia following cervical spine surgery represents a common yet challenging complication. Dysphagia is defined as difficulty…
Postoperative C5 Root Palsy: Immediate Decompression versus Waiting
Postoperative C5 Root Palsy: Immediate Decompression versus Waiting Thomas E. Mroz Michael P. Steinmetz Perhaps one of the more frustrating complications of either ventral or dorsal subaxial surgery involving the…
