Chapter 230 Medical Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury Administration of High-Dose Steroids Charles H. Tator Trials of neuroprotection and pharmacotherapy in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) have focused on…
Chapter 141 Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Construct Design Gandhi Varma, Darrel S. Brodke, Edward C. Benzel Construct design is a process that formulates a specific blueprint for an orderly and…
Chapter 102 Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Lesions Basheal M. Agrawal, Barry D. Birch, Paul C. McCormick, Daniel K. Resnick Before the advent of microsurgical techniques, surgery of many spinal cord neoplasms…
Chapter 161 Lumbar Total Disc Arthroplasty Vladimir Sinkov, Paul C. McAfee Lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a common cause of lower back pain—the most frequently encountered complaint in a…
Chapter 34 Cervical Spine and Cervicothoracic Junction John W. German, Tyler J. Kenning, Alexander J. Ghanayem, Edward C. Benzel, Joseph T. Alexander Cervical and Nuchal Anatomy An understanding of anatomy…
Chapter 118 Anterior Sacral Meningocele John A. Lancon, Edward C. Benzel, Robert E. Tibbs, Jr. Sacral meningocele may be congenital or acquired. Most acquired sacral meningoceles are a consequence of…
Chapter 231 Traumatic Central Cord Syndrome Early Surgery Michael G. Fehlings, Tara Kamali-Nejad, Sean R. Smith, Sorin Craciunas Central cord syndrome (CCS) is defined as an acute cervical spinal cord…
Chapter 87 Ankylosing Spondylitis and Related Disorders C. Philip Toussaint, Russ P. Nockels Seronegative spondyloarthritis is a group of inflammatory diseases that affect the axial spine, causing progressive pain, deformity,…
Chapter 94 Cervical Facet Dislocations A Ventral Surgical Strategy for Decompression, Reduction, and Stabilization R.o.n. Riesenburger, Simcha J. Weller, Sait Naderi, Edward C. Benzel Much controversy surrounds the management of…
Chapter 180 Anesthesia Marc L. Bertrand, Lisabeth L. Maloney Historically, spine surgery has played “second fiddle” to intracranial neurosurgery in the minds of many anesthesiologists. With advances in surgical technique…
