Patient Selection for Spine Surgery
Chapter 27 Patient Selection for Spine Surgery Sharon Walton, Fernando Techy Between 70% and 85% of all people will have back pain at some time in their lives.1 Lumbar spine…
Preoperative and Surgical Planning for Avoiding Complications
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…
Intradiscal Pressure
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…
Biology of Spine Fusion
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…
Definition and Assessment of Dysfunctional Segmental Motion
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…
Neural Injury at the Molecular Level
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…
Muscular Support of the Spine
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…
Differential Diagnosis of Surgical Disorders of the Spine
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…
Ultrasound-Guided and Fluoroscopically Guided Joint Injections
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…
Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Facet Syndrome
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…
