Anterior Multilevel Decompression: Discectomies versus Corpectomy Ben B. Pradhan The indications and techniques for ventral cervical spine surgery are discussed in separate dedicated chapters in this textbook. The most commonly…
Resorbables: Do They Have a Role in the Cervical Spine Hyun Bae Nomaan Ashraf Cervical disk degeneration causing axial neck pain and radiculopathy has historically been treated well with anterior…
Artificial Disk Replacement for Radiculopathy and Myelopathy Leonard K. Kibuule Jeffrey S. Fischgrund Jean-Jacques Abitbol Patients with cervical spine-related problems may often present to the physician with notable complaints of…
Role of BMP in Cervical Spine Surgery Jeffrey S. Earhart Wellington K. Hsu The clinical success of ventral and dorsal cervical fusion is often dependent on the surgeon’s ability to…
Spinal Cord Injury: The Role of Steroids Ian A. Madom Darrel S. Brodke Over the past two decades, extensive basic science and clinical research have focused on treating the secondary…
Cervical Spine Osteotomy in Ankylosing Spondylitis Edward Donald Simmons Ankylosing spondylitis is a seronegative inflammatory arthritis of the spine that results in ossification and rigidity, but usually not deformity that…
Controversies, Myths, and Realities Regarding the Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy with a Special Focus on Laminoplasty Brett A. Freedman John G. Heller Spondylosis is the most common cause…
Management of Cervical Myelopathy Secondary to Retroodontoid Masses Transoral Resection versus Dorsal Decompression and Fusion Paul Kraemer Rick C. Sasso Cervical myelopathy secondary to spinal cord compression at C2 is…
Ventral Cervical Plating: Dynamic versus Static Debate Raqeeb Haque Maxwell Boakye Michael G. Kaiser Brian Y. Hwang Regis W. Haid Jr. Ventral cervical fusion was developed in the 1950s and…
Dynamic versus Static Plates Debate: Dynamic Plates Are Better Pierce D. Nunley BACKGROUND Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is one of the most commonly performed cervical spine procedures by…
