Anterior cervical corpectomy is a well-established procedure that has been used successfully in the treatment of numerous conditions, including infection, deformity, trauma, and cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Although posteriorly based procedures…
Type II odontoid fracture is the most common cervical spine fracture in the elderly, and the incidence of this injury is increasing. The odontoid peg is central to the stability…
Descriptions of deformity of the lumbosacral spine comprising slipped vertebrae or defects of the pars interarticularis were first reported in 1782 by Herbiniaux. Since that time, multiple classifications have been…
Cervical spondylosis is a common cause of hospital admission and is the most frequent cause of spinal cord dysfunction in patients older than 55 years. Chronic degenerative changes of the…
Solitary nerve sheath tumors are the most commonly occurring intradural spinal tumors in adults. They represent approximately 10% to 30% of all primary spinal tumors depending on the patient series….
Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) in the cervical spine as a diagnosis leading to myelopathy and serious impairment has been studied extensively. Inconsistencies in the findings of different…
Sciatica is one of the most common reasons patients seek medical attention in the United States and around the world. Sciatica, a radiculopathy arising when one or more lumbosacral nerve…
Cervical disk herniation is a common problem affecting approximately 1 in 1000 adults in the United States. Although it typically causes radicular pain in a dermatomal distribution (radiculopathy), it can…
Thoracic disk herniations are uncommon surgical lesions that exist along a continuum of surgical complexity from the relatively straightforward to the extremely challenging depending on their anatomic relationship to the…
Degenerative cervical spondylosis is a common cause of multilevel cervical stenosis that can result in symptomatic radiculopathy or myelopathy depending on the location of compression. The indications for surgical management…
