Role of Lumbar Disk Replacement: Does It Avoid the Shortcomings of a Fusion?
25 Role of Lumbar Disk Replacement: Does It Avoid the Shortcomings of a Fusion? LOUIS G. JENIS The prevalence of lumbar disk degeneration is estimated to be present in 15…
Adult High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Role of Reduction versus Fusion In Situ
18 Adult High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Role of Reduction versus Fusion In Situ JOHN C. SEFTER AND IVAN E. LAMOTTA Spondylolisthesis a common spinal condition in adolescents and adults defined as the…
Role of Early Surgical Decompression for Spinal Cord Injury
11 Role of Early Surgical Decompression for Spinal Cord Injury DAVID W. CADOTTE AND MICHAEL G. FEHLINGS The role of early surgical decompression following acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is…
Avoidance of Cervical Adjacent Segment Disease
15 Avoidance of Cervical Adjacent Segment Disease HARVEY E. SMITH AND ALAN S. HILIBRAND Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) has demonstrated consistently good outcomes for the management of cervical…
Surgery for Axial Back Pain: ALIF versus PLIF or TLIF
19 Surgery for Axial Back Pain: ALIF versus PLIF or TLIF ENSOR E. TRANSFELDT, FARHANG RAAII, AND AMIR A. MEHBOD Broadened application of lumbar fusions in treating chronic low back…
Management of Thoracic Disk Herniation
21 Management of Thoracic Disk Herniation MARK S. ESKANDER AND JASON C. ECK Thoracic disk herniation is not a common disease. In 1838, Key1 wrote the first report of a…
Management of Cervical Facet Dislocations: Anterior versus Posterior Approach
7 Management of Cervical Facet Dislocations: Anterior versus Posterior Approach ELIZABETH M. YU AND AHMAD NASSR The choice of surgical approach in the management of cervical facet dislocations is highly…
Management of Cervical Facet Fractures: Surgical Indications and Approach
4 Management of Cervical Facet Fractures: Surgical Indications and Approach DAVOR SARAVANJA AND MARCEL F. DVORAK Cervical facet fractures and dislocations represent ~6% of all cervical spine fractures.1 Despite being…
Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior versus Posterior Approach
12 Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior versus Posterior Approach BRIAN W. SU AND TODD J. ALBERT Cervical myelopathy is compression of the cervical spinal cord leading to pathognomonic neurological symptoms and physical…
Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture: Surgery versus Conservative Care
8 Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture: Surgery versus Conservative Care WEISHI LI, DARREN R. LEBL, AND KIRKHAM B. WOOD The thoracolumbar junction (T10–L2) is a common site of spinal injury occurring in…
