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]…
Chapter 40 Management of Wound Dehiscence in Spinal Tumor Surgery Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Daniel H. Kim, Mark H. Bilsky INTRODUCTION The development of wound dehiscence and infection after spinal…
Chapter 34 Anterior Cervical Stabilization in Tumor Surgery Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION After a vertebral body tumor resection, various methods of interbody grafting are available to…
Chapter 22 Posterior Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction (Pancoast Tumor Surgery) Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim, Mark H. Bilsky INTRODUCTION Primary carcinomas arising in the apex of the lung (Pancoast…
Chapter 30 Surgery of Intramedullary Tumors Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION Intramedullary spinal cord tumors are rare, accounting for about 4–10% of all central nervous system tumors….
Chapter 26 Posterior and Posterolateral Access to the Thoracic Spine Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION Several surgical approaches have been developed to remove thoracic vertebral lesions from…
Chapter 20 Anterior Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION The cervicothoracic junction is the vertebral region from C7 to T4, an area in…
Chapter 6 Intradural Extramedullary Malignant Tumors Jae-Soo Koh, Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Terri Haddix 1 Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor 2 Hemangiopericytoma 3 Leptomeningeal Metastasis INTRODUCTION In the intradural extramedullary…
Chapter 5 Intradural Extramedullary Cystic Lesions Jae-Soo Koh, Ung-Kyu Chang, Se-Hoon Kim, Terri Haddix 1 Intradural Arachnoid Cyst 2 Dermoid Cyst 3 Epidermoid Cyst 4 Neurenteric Cyst INTRODUCTION Cystic masses…
Chapter 28 Posterior Approach to the Lumbar Spine Se-Hoon Kim, Ung-Kyu Chang, Jae-Chil Chang, Daniel H. Kim MUSCULAR STRUCTURES FOR POSTERIOR APPROACH IN L-SPINE The muscle groups on the dorsal…
