55Posterior Rib Osteotomy for Rigid Coronal Spinal Deformities Bernard A. Rawlins Description A technique designed to provide additional mobility (release) to the spinal elements in a rigid deformity. Key Principles…
11Cervical Lateral Mass Screw Placement (C3–C7) Yu-Po Lee, Choll W. Kim, and Steven R. Garfin Description To safely place screws within the cervical lateral mass while avoiding injury to the…
26Lateral Extracavitary Approach Howard B. Levene and Jack I. Jallo Description The lateral extracavitary approach has been developed to approach the posterior lateral and anterior lateral aspects of the spine…
70Anterior and Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting Michael A. Woods, Kristina M. Schmidt, and Brett A. Taylor Description To harvest autologous anterior or posterior iliac crest bone graft for…
3Laminoplasty Kazuhiro Chiba Description To achieve adequate decompression of the spinal cord and the nerve roots by shifting the laminae posteriorly, yet preserving cervical stability by retaining the posterior bone-ligamentous…
12Cervical Subaxial Transfacet Screw Placement Jeffrey M. Spivak Description This fixation technique is not commonly used, as there are no clinical series of posterior cervical fusions reported using this method…
1Foramen Magnum Decompression Ashwini D. Sharan, Laura Snyder, and Gregory J. Przybylski Description To achieve adequate decompression of the posterior cranial fossa without injury to the neurovascular structures at the…
3Pathology of Tumors of the Spinal Cord, Spine, and Paraspinous Soft Tissue STEPHEN W. COONS Describing the pathology of all the tumors that can affect the spine, spinal cord, or…
32Thoracoscopic Resection of Intrathoracic Paraspinal Neurogenic Tumors CURTIS A. DICKMAN Transthoracic endoscopic surgery provides an excellent alternative for the resection of thoracic schwannomas, neurofibromas, or other benign neurogenic tumors with…
