The Role of Spinal Fusion and the Aging Spine: Stenosis with Deformity
51 The Role of Spinal Fusion and the Aging Spine Stenosis with Deformity Barton L. Sachs KEY POINTS • Adult scoliosis with spinal stenosis is a progressive condition that has…
Tumors of the Thoracic Spine
46 Tumors of the Thoracic Spine Timothy F. Witham, Vivek A. Mehta, Ziya L. Gokaslan KEY POINTS • Surgical decompression followed by radiotherapy has replaced radiotherapy alone as the gold…
Structural Kyphoplasty: The StaXx FX System
41 Structural Kyphoplasty: The StaXx FX System Harvinder S. Sandhu, Wayne J. Olan KEY POINTS • The StaXx FX system is an alternative to balloon kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty for the…
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS) Techniques for the Decompression of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
59 Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS) Techniques for the Decompression of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Zachary A. Smith, Farbod Asgarzadie, Larry T. Khoo KEY POINTS • Lumbar spinal stenosis has classically…
Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Treatment
60 Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Treatment Choll W. Kim, Kamshad Raiszadeh, Steven R. Garfin KEY POINTS • Minimally invasive spine (MIS) techniques for the treatment of scoliosis are relatively new. •…
Cervical Stenosis: Radiculopathy – Review of Concepts, Surgical Techniques, and Outcomes
24 Cervical Stenosis: Radiculopathy – Review of Concepts, Surgical Techniques, and Outcomes Zachary A. Smith, Sean Armin, Larry T. Khoo KEY POINTS • The clinical presentation of spondylosis can range…
Structural Osteoplasty: The Treatment of Vertebral Body Compression Fractures using the OsseoFix Device
37 Structural Osteoplasty: The Treatment of Vertebral Body Compression Fractures Using the OsseoFix Device James J. Yue, Hitesh Garg, Rudolf Bertagnoli KEY POINTS • Controlled and directional reduction of vertebral…
Imaging of the Aging Spine
16 Imaging of the Aging Spine Colin S. Poon, Navid Zenooz, Gordon Sze KEY POINTS • Radiography is suited for evaluation of spine alignment. Lateral flexion and extension views are…
Guided Lumbar Interbody Fusion (GLIF)
68 Guided Lumbar Interbody Fusion Ali Aragbi KEY POINTS • Guided lumbar interbody fusion (GLIF) technique is a curvilinear minimally invasive approach to the lateral spine, leveraging all adherent benefits…
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spine Tumors
49 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spine Tumors Carmina F. Angeles, Robert E. Lieberson, Jon Park KEY POINTS • The CyberKnife system is a frameless stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) instrument that consists of…
