Chapter 132 Surgery of the Sympathetic Nervous System J. Patrick Johnson, Saad Khairi, William C. Welch Sympathectomy procedures involve interrupting thoracic or lumbar sympathetic pathways to provide relief from autonomically…
Chapter 185 Skin and Wound Care Ann M. Henwood, Sait Naderi, Edward C. Benzel A multidisciplinary approach to skin care can effectively minimize the unnecessary morbidity and mortality secondary to…
Chapter 178 Electrodiagnostic Studies Steven Shook The electrodiagnostic (EDX) is an important adjunct to the neurologic examination for diagnosis and management of disorders affecting the peripheral nervous system. Components of…
Chapter 227 Management of Traumatic Bilateral Jumped Cervical Facet Joints in a Patient with Complete Myelopathy Closed Traction Reduction Then Surgery Christian P. DiPaola, Michelle Aubin, Glenn R. Rechtine, II…
Chapter 101 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Lesions Paul C. McCormick, John A. Anson Surgery, once used for the diagnosis of intramedullary spinal cord tumors alone, now represents the most effective treatment…
Chapter 148 Dorsal Thoracic and Lumbar Screw Fixation and Pedicle Fixation Techniques Mehmet Zileli, Charles B. Stillerman, Edward C. Benzel The popularity of pedicle-screw fixation has significantly increased in the…
Chapter 81 Minimal Access and Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy Basem I. Awad, Thomas E. Mroz, Michael P. Steinmetz Minimal Access Lumbar Discectomy Lumbar discectomy has become the most common neurosurgical procedure…
Chapter 228 Timing of Decompression Surgery for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in a Patient with an Incomplete Myelopathy Postural Nonoperative Management Adam W. Jackson, Patrick W. Hitchon The management of…
Chapter 124 Vascularized Bone Grafts in Spine Surgery Alok D. Sharan, Ashwini D. Sharan Bone grafting has had an important role in surgery since Barth first introduced bone-grafting techniques in…
Chapter 159 Biomechanics of Motion Preservation Techniques Todd B. Francis, Edward C. Benzel For many years, cervical and lumbar arthrodesis has been the gold standard of treatment for a wide…
