Chapter 173 Overview of Imaging Procedures Available for Spinal Diagnosis Ryan D. Murtagh, F. Reed Murtagh, Glenn R. Rechtine II Imagine practicing medicine today—especially while attempting to sort out the…
Chapter 50 Ventral and Ventrolateral Spine Decompression and Fusion Eric M. Massicotte, Michael G. Fehlings, Alexander R. Vaccaro Ventral spinal decompression was described by Royle1 as early as 1928. This…
Chapter 125 Pain in Spine Disease Tatiana von Hertwig, Fernandes de Oliveira, Andre Machado Chronic axial or limb pain is common in patients with degenerative or malignant spine disease and…
Chapter 83 Thoracic and Lumbar Spondylosis Christopher Wolfla, Michael Martin Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Biomechanics Lumbar and thoracic spondylosis, which can be broadly defined as degenerative destruction or remodeling of the…
Chapter 175 Intraoperative Imaging Iain H. Kalfas, Bruce M. McCormack, Hansen A. Yuan Few surgical specialties are as dependent on intraoperative imaging as is the field of spine surgery. Whether…
Chapter 166 Interspinous Bumpers Basem I. Awad, Thomas E. Mroz, Michael P. Steinmetz Lumbar stenosis is defined as the reduction in the diameter of the spinal canal, lateral recess, and/or…
Chapter 149 Dorsal Thoracic and Lumbar Simple Hook-Rod, Wire, and Wire-Rod Techniques Paul Kim, Bernardo Jose Ordonez The first internal fixation device was designed by Harrington in 1947, a period…
Chapter 85 Degenerative Rotatory Scoliosis Three- Dimensional Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Deformity Correction Russ P. Nockels, Edward C. Benzel Degenerative scoliosis is the most common cause of adult scoliosis.1 It…
Chapter 165 Total Facet Arthroplasty Vartan Tashjian, Michael Y. Wang At the present time in the United States, there are four ongoing multicenter, prospective, randomized clinical trials analyzing the safety…
Chapter 128 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Daisuke Togawa, Isador H. Lieberman Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures Osteoporosis and associated fragility fractures are major threats to the health of aging populations worldwide.1 At…
