Stabilization in SFC Surgery on the PDLS
Stabilization in SFC Surgery on the PDLS Abstract Stabilization in SFC surgery on the PDLS is mainly done adjunctively to address translational instability or rotational hypermobility at the level of…
Socioeconomics in Spine Surgery
Socioeconomics in Spine Surgery Abstract The huge increase in national healthcare expense has resulted in the interjection of economic “stakeholders” into the medical decision processes. Cost-effectiveness (CE) analysis, utilizing comparative…
Lumbar Disc Replacement: The Artificial Disc
43 Lumbar Disc Replacement: The Artificial Disc Fred H. Geisler Abstract Lumbar spinal arthroplasty was first reported in clinical settings nearly 30 years ago in patients with lumbar degenerative disc…
Minimally Invasive Laminectomy for Lumbar Stenosis
35 Minimally Invasive Laminectomy for Lumbar Stenosis Mick J. Perez-Cruet, Ronnie I. Mimran, R. Patrick Jacob, and Richard G. Fessler Abstract Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common spinal pathology…
Stabilization of the Sacroiliac Joint with the Sacroiliac Bone Surgical Implant
42 Stabilization of the Sacroiliac Joint with the Sacroiliac Bone Surgical Implant Fred H. Geisler and Jake P. Heiney Abstract This chapter summarizes both the surgical technique of minimally invasive…
Injection-Based Spine Procedures and Diagnostic Procedures
15 Injection-Based Spine Procedures and Diagnostic Procedures Henry Tong and Mick J. Perez-Cruet Abstract This chapter deals with the basic information every clinician doing spinal injections needs to know. We…
Anatomy of the Spine: An Overview
2 Anatomy of the Spine: An Overview Joshua E. Medow and Daniel K. Resnick Abstract The spine is composed of bone, ligament, muscle, discs, smooth, lubricated articular surfaces, spinal cord…
