Facet Screw Placement
39Facet Screw Placement Eeric Truumees Description To safely stabilize a lumbar motion segment by placing screws across the facet joint. Key Principles Translaminar facet screw (TLFS) fixation passes cortical screws,…
Occipital Wiring and Plating Techniques
6Occipital Wiring and Plating Techniques Neal G. Haynes, Troy D. Gust, and Paul M. Arnold Description The safe fixation of the occipital cervical junction with both plates and screws, or…
Lumbosacral Interbody Fibular Strut Placement for High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Anterior Speed’s Procedure and Posterior Procedure
52Lumbosacral Interbody Fibular Strut Placement for High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Anterior Speed’s Procedure and Posterior Procedure Michael E. Janssen and Jason C. Datta Description Placement of an interbody fibular strut graft through…
Transpedicular Decompression
25Transpedicular Decompression Kingsley R. Chin Description A technique that allows surgeons to “safely” access the intervertebral disk and lesions in the pedicle and vertebral body, and to decompress the neural…
Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement
37Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement Robert W. Molinari Description To accurately place screws through the pedicles of the lumbar vertebrae with particular attention given to the avoidance of intraoperative and postoperative…
Nucleus Pulposus Replacement Techniques
74Nucleus Pulposus Replacement Techniques Jeff S. Silber and Jared F. Brandoff Description Techniques of selectively replacing the central nuclear portion of the diseased lumbar intervertebral disk with the goal of…
Thoracoplasty: Anterior, Posterior
56Thoracoplasty: Anterior, Posterior Carrie A. Diulus and Isador H. Lieberman Description Thoracoplasty is a technique involving rib resection to alleviate the cosmetic rib deformity associated with scoliosis. Expectations Cosmetic improvement…
Anterior C1, C2 Arthrodesis: Lateral Approach of Barbour and Whitesides
22Anterior C1, C2 Arthrodesis: Lateral Approach of Barbour and Whitesides Eli M. Baron, Alexander R. Vaccaro, and Peter M. Fleischut Description The lateral retropharyngeal approach to the upper cervical spine…
Cervical Laminectomy and Foraminotomy
2Cervical Laminectomy and Foraminotomy Brian Kwon and David H. Kim Description The removal of compressive bone and soft tissue structures surrounding the cervical spinal cord (laminectomy) or its nerve roots…
Posterior Revision Strategies for Dura and Nerve Root Exposure Following a Previous Laminectomy
79Posterior Revision Strategies for Dura and Nerve Root Exposure Following a Previous Laminectomy Erik Spayde and Hyun Bae Description Revision decompression surgery is a challenging aspect of spinal surgery that…
