Medical Management of Adult and Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
Chapter 70 Medical Management of Adult and Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury James D. Thompson, J. Brad Bellotte, Jack E. Wilberger The three primary goals of managing both adult and pediatric…
NEUROLOGY
Pathophysiology of Cervical Myelopathy: Biomechanics and Deformative Stress
Chapter 10 Pathophysiology of Cervical Myelopathy Biomechanics and Deformative Stress Fraser C. Henderson, William A. Wilson, IV, Edward C. Benzel, Alexander R. Vaccaro Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a well-described…
Anatomy of Nerve Root Compression, Nerve Root Tethering, and Spinal Instability
Chapter 11 Anatomy of Nerve Root Compression, Nerve Root Tethering, and Spinal Instability William F. Lavelle, Aaron J. Bianco, Sameer A. Kitab, Edward C. Benzel The majority of the population…
Threaded Cylindrical Interbody Cage Fixation for Cervical Spondylosis and Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
Chapter 41 Threaded Cylindrical Interbody Cage Fixation for Cervical Spondylosis and Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Hiroshi Nakagawa, Yasunobu Itoh, Junichi Mizuno, Hidenori Matsuoka, Yoshitaka Hirano With advances in…
Bone Modeling and Remodeling
Chapter 15 Bone Modeling and Remodeling Fernando Techy The structure and composition of bone provide it with excellent failure resistance while retaining relatively low mass. These are close to ideal…
Patient Selection for Spine Surgery
Chapter 27 Patient Selection for Spine Surgery Sharon Walton, Fernando Techy Between 70% and 85% of all people will have back pain at some time in their lives.1 Lumbar spine…
Preoperative and Surgical Planning for Avoiding Complications
Chapter 26 Preoperative and Surgical Planning for Avoiding Complications Mehmet Zileli, Sait Naderi, Edward C. Benzel Technical complications in spine surgery usually arise from the overaggressive handling of soft tissue…
Intradiscal Pressure
Chapter 24 Intradiscal Pressure Serkan İnceoğlu, Edward C. Benzel The intervertebral disc is composed of a central gel-like nucleus pulposus (NP) and surrounding anulus fibrosus (AF) with a unique lamellar…
Biology of Spine Fusion
Chapter 16 Biology of Spine Fusion David M. Benglis, Jr., Scott D. Boden, Michael Y. Wang In 2001, more than 185,000 spinal arthrodeses were performed in the United States, the…
Definition and Assessment of Dysfunctional Segmental Motion
Chapter 14 Definition and Assessment of Dysfunctional Segmental Motion Serkan Inceoğlu, Edward C. Benzel Biomechanics of Stable Motion Segment The spine is responsible for providing a smooth motion of the…
