Anesthesia
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…
Computational Modeling of the Spine
Chapter 22 Computational Modeling of the Spine Yunus Alapan, Serkan I˙nceoğlu, Vijay K. Goel An anatomic experimental approach has been the gold standard for the biomechanical evaluation of spinal structures….
Bilateral Locked Cervical Facets with Incomplete Myelopathy: Open versus Closed Reduction
Chapter 215 Bilateral Locked Cervical Facets with Incomplete Myelopathy Open versus Closed Reduction Open Reduction Kalil G. Abdullah, Michael P. Steinmetz Background Bilateral locked facets are an uncommon result of…
Extraspinal Anatomy and Surgical Approaches to the Thoracic Spine
Chapter 35 Extraspinal Anatomy and Surgical Approaches to the Thoracic Spine Brendan Killory, M. Yashar, S. Kalani, Timothy Uschold, Nicholas Theodore The thoracic spine contains more vertebrae than any other…
Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula and Pseudomeningocele after Spine Surgery
Chapter 200 Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula and Pseudomeningocele after Spine Surgery Iain H. Kalfas, Bjorn Lobo, Bruce M. McCormack, Barry M. Zide Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas and pseudomeningoceles are relatively rare…
Nonoperative Management and Treatment of Spine Injuries
Chapter 69 Nonoperative Management and Treatment of Spine Injuries Mark L. Prasarn, Glenn R. Rechtine, II The morbidity and mortality associated with injuries to the spine have been known since…
History of Spine Biomechanics
Chapter 3 History of Spine Biomechanics Sait Naderi, Varun R. Kshettry, I˙lker Gulec, Edward C. Benzel Biomechanics is the subdiscipline of spine surgery that employs the laws of physics to…
Myelomeningocele and Associated Anomalies
Chapter 117 Myelomeningocele and Associated Anomalies Mark G. Luciano, Samer K. Elbabaa Myelomeningocele, or spina bifida aperta, is defined as a dorsally protruding open spinal cord defect that usually is…
Management of Soft Cervical Disc Herniation: Controversies and Complication Avoidance
Chapter 79 Management of Soft Cervical Disc Herniation Controversies and Complication Avoidance Jan Goffin, Jeroen Ceuppens About 450 years ago, Vesalius described the intervertebral disc.1 It was not until 1928…
Spondylectomy for Spinal Tumors
Chapter 107 Spondylectomy for Spinal Tumors Jean-Paul Wolinsky, Daniel M. Sciubba, Jorge Lastra-Power, Ziya Gokaslan Spondylectomy is defined as removal of an entire segment of the spine, including the vertebral…
