Chapter 29 Surgery of Extramedullary Tumors Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION Extramedullary tumors are composed of intradural and extradural tumors. Intradural tumors account for 10–20% of primary…
Chapter 36 Posterior Stabilization in the Thoracic Spine Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim, Mark H. Bilsky POSSIBLE OPTIONS IN THORACIC INSTRUMENTATION • Posterior • Wires • Harrington instrumentation…
Chapter 19 Management of Upper Cervical Spine Tumors Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim, Mark H. Bilsky INTRODUCTION Spinal tumors around the atlantoaxial spine are very rare, and most…
Chapter 31 Posterior Minimally Invasive Procedures to Spine Tumors Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Daniel H. Kim VERTEBROPLASTY TECHNIQUE TRANSPEDICULAR APPROACH Under fluoroscopic assessment, a 10- to 15-gauge 10- to 15-cm…
Chapter 32 Thoracoscopic Surgery for Thoracic Spinal Tumors Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION For the surgery of thoracic spinal tumors, open thoracotomy is usually performed. However, morbidity…
Chapter 39 Posterior Lumbar and Lumbosacral Junction Stabilization Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION Posterior lumbar stabilization is used as a replacement construct after tumor removal in the…
Chapter 25 Posterior Approach to the Thoracic Spine Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim, Mark H. Bilsky TOTAL EN BLOC SPONDYLECTOMY—THORACIC SPINE INDICATIONS En bloc spondylectomy is the treatment…
Chapter 38 Thoracolumbar Junction Stabilization Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim ANTERIOR STABILIZATION The use of spinal instrumentation for anterior column reconstruction is known to improve fusion rates and…
Chapter 14 Preoperative and Therapeutic Endovascular Approaches for Spinal Tumors Mahesh V. Jayaraman PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION Angiographic evaluation and preoperative endovascular therapy can be invaluable in selected patients with spinal tumors….
Chapter 21 Lateral Approaches to Cervicothoracic Junction Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING FOR CERVICOTHORACIC JUNCTION AREA As a simple radiological study, three serial views (anteroposterior [AP]…
