Wound Closure
Chapter 122 Wound Closure Patrick W. Hitchon, Meryl Severson, Albert E. Cram Soft Tissue Anatomy The first layer deep to the skin is the subcutaneous tissue. Within this layer can…
High Cervical and Occipitocervical Plate, Rod, Wire, and Bone Techniques
Chapter 143 High Cervical and Occipitocervical Plate, Rod, Wire, and Bone Techniques Noel I. Perin, Nevan G. Baldwin, Paul R. Cooper Abnormalities at the craniocervical junction were first reported in…
Occipitocervical Region
Chapter 33 Occipitocervical Region Robert A. McGuire, Jr., Ashraf A. Ragab Although fewer procedures are performed at the occipitocervical (OC) junction when compared with subaxial cervical procedures, there are specific…
Lateral Extracavitary Approach to the Thoracolumbar Spine
Chapter 51 Lateral Extracavitary Approach to the Thoracolumbar Spine Michael Martin, Kevin Cooper, Dennis J. Maiman The lateral extracavitary approach (LECA) can be used in the thoracolumbar spine to access…
Spondylotic Myelopathy with Cervical Kyphotic Deformity
Chapter 222 Spondylotic Myelopathy with Cervical Kyphotic Deformity Ventral Approach Michael P. Steinmetz, Christopher D. Kager, Edward C. Benzel The development of cervical spine deformity may be secondary to advanced…
Kyphotic Cervical Deformity
Chapter 95 Kyphotic Cervical Deformity Nathaniel Brooks, Michael P. Steinmetz, Christopher D. Kager, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Edward C. Benzel Kyphotic cervical spine deformity can be caused by advanced degenerative disease,…
Laminotomy, Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, and Foraminotomy
Chapter 53 Laminotomy, Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, and Foraminotomy Gordon R. Bell, Edward S. Connolly Thoracic and lumbar laminotomy and laminectomy are two of the more commonly performed spine procedures. They have…
Bone Graft Harvesting
Chapter 123 Bone Graft Harvesting Mehmet Zileli, Edward C. Benzel, Gordon R. Bell Spinal surgeries typically involve neural decompression, fusion, or both. Fusion is performed to stabilize a segment, either…
Dorsal Subaxial Cervical Instrumentation Techniques
Chapter 147 Dorsal Subaxial Cervical Instrumentation Techniques Harel Deutsch, Kurt Eichholz, Regis W. Haid, Jr., Vincent C. Traynelis Subaxial cervical instability has many causes, including trauma, degenerative disease, neoplasm, and…
Arachnoiditis and Syringomyelia
Chapter 133 Arachnoiditis and Syringomyelia Ron Riesenburger, Steven Hwang, Edward C. Benzel Syringomyelia can develop secondary to many pathologic processes such as Chiari malformations, spine tumors, cysts, traumatic events, spinal…
