14Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Foraminotomy Kern Singh, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Todd J. Albert, and Peter M. Fleischut Description Pathologic processes, including trauma and age-related degeneration, may affect the cervical spine,…
29Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement: Anatomic, Straightforward, and In-Out-In Techniques Timothy R. Kuklo Description Thoracic pedicle screws have become increasingly common for the treatment of spinal deformity, trauma, and tumors due…
30Open Transthoracic Diskectomy Russel C. Huang, Patrick F. O’Leary, and Raja Taunk Description Open transthoracic diskectomy is performed to decompress symptomatic thoracic herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) in patients with myelopathy…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
