Chapter 26 Preoperative and Surgical Planning for Avoiding Complications Mehmet Zileli, Sait Naderi, Edward C. Benzel Technical complications in spine surgery usually arise from the overaggressive handling of soft tissue…
Chapter 24 Intradiscal Pressure Serkan İnceoğlu, Edward C. Benzel The intervertebral disc is composed of a central gel-like nucleus pulposus (NP) and surrounding anulus fibrosus (AF) with a unique lamellar…
Chapter 16 Biology of Spine Fusion David M. Benglis, Jr., Scott D. Boden, Michael Y. Wang In 2001, more than 185,000 spinal arthrodeses were performed in the United States, the…
Chapter 14 Definition and Assessment of Dysfunctional Segmental Motion Serkan Inceoğlu, Edward C. Benzel Biomechanics of Stable Motion Segment The spine is responsible for providing a smooth motion of the…
Chapter 9 Neural Injury at the Molecular Level Kevin M. Walsh, Jeffrey P. Mullin, David H. Kim, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Fraser C. Henderson, Edward C. Benzel The histopathologic appearance of…
Chapter 6 Muscular Support of the Spine Eric A.K. Mayer, Michael P. Steinmetz Spinal muscles have long been ignored contributors to spine stability. Paraspinal muscles have been inadequately appreciated and…
Chapter 4 Differential Diagnosis of Surgical Disorders of the Spine Robert M. Starke, Kai-Ming G. Fu, Justin S. Smith, Christopher I. Shaffrey Establishing a differential diagnosis of spine pathology starts…
Chapter 23 Ultrasound-Guided and Fluoroscopically Guided Joint Injections Steve J. Wisniewski, Mark-Friedrich B. Hurdle Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Injections for the control of painful conditions are not limited to the…
Chapter 14 Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Facet Syndrome Jan Van Zundert, Pascal Vanelderen, Maarten van Eerd, Arno Lataster, Craig Hartrick, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Neck pain…
Chapter 15 Sacroiliac Joint Injections and Lateral Branch Blocks, Including Water-Cooled Neurotomy Bryan S. Williams Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) represents a significant but underappreciated source of…
