Chapter 126 Minimally Invasive Spinal Decompression and Stabilization Techniques I Sait Naderi, Joseph Watson, Nevan G. Baldwin, Maurice M. Smith Ideally, minimally invasive techniques should achieve the operative goal with…
Chapter 209 Education and Knowledge-Base Acquisition and Retention Andrew M. Bauer, Chima Ohaegbulam, Isador H. Lieberman, Marc Eichler, Gregory R. Trost The learning process receives relatively little attention by most…
Chapter 208 Education of the Spine Surgeon Alejandro Spiotta, Richard Schlenk There are two routes toward becoming a spine surgeon—orthopaedics or neurosurgery—both requiring long and distinct educational pathways. Historically, neurosurgeons…
Chapter 205 Conflicts of Interest and Conflict Management Varun R. Kshettry, Michael Kelly, Edward C. Benzel Collaboration between neurosurgeons and industry has produced many major neurosurgical technological advances in the…
Chapter 202 Spine Reoperations Gandhi Varma, Edward S. Connolly, Donlin M. Long Preventing repeat spine surgery is an important goal for surgeons and their patients. Reoperation is generally an undesirable…
Chapter 199 Medical Complications Robert G. Louis, Monir N. Tabbosha, Mark E. Shaffrey The morbidity and mortality that result from medical complications of complex spine surgery have been extensively documented….
Chapter 198 Prevention of Operative Infections An Evidence-Based Approach G. Alexander Jones, Vincent Miele, Edward C. Benzel Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a known problem in spinal surgery. According to…
Chapter 197 Spine Infection Kyle I. Swanson, Kene Ugokwe, Seth M. Zeidman, Thomas B. Ducker, Gregory R. Trost Postoperative Spine Infection Infectious complications of spine surgery are not uncommon and…
Chapter 193 Neurologic Complications of Common Spine Operations David G. Malone, John R. Caruso, Robert F. McLain Whether the result of surgical or treatment errors, or anatomic or physiologic conditions…
Chapter 190 Psychosocial Aspects and Work-Related Issues Regarding Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease Andrew M. Bauer, Daniel K. Resnick There are few diseases that are so pervasive, yet so difficult to…
