XVI SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION Related posts: Wound VAC Management for Spinal or Bone Graft Wound Infections Reduction Techniques for Atlantoaxial Rotary Subluxation Posterior Spinal Anchor Strategy Placement and Rod Reduction Techniques:…
70Anterior and Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting Michael A. Woods, Kristina M. Schmidt, and Brett A. Taylor Description To harvest autologous anterior or posterior iliac crest bone graft for…
3Laminoplasty Kazuhiro Chiba Description To achieve adequate decompression of the spinal cord and the nerve roots by shifting the laminae posteriorly, yet preserving cervical stability by retaining the posterior bone-ligamentous…
12Cervical Subaxial Transfacet Screw Placement Jeffrey M. Spivak Description This fixation technique is not commonly used, as there are no clinical series of posterior cervical fusions reported using this method…
1Foramen Magnum Decompression Ashwini D. Sharan, Laura Snyder, and Gregory J. Przybylski Description To achieve adequate decompression of the posterior cranial fossa without injury to the neurovascular structures at the…
3Pathology of Tumors of the Spinal Cord, Spine, and Paraspinous Soft Tissue STEPHEN W. COONS Describing the pathology of all the tumors that can affect the spine, spinal cord, or…
32Thoracoscopic Resection of Intrathoracic Paraspinal Neurogenic Tumors CURTIS A. DICKMAN Transthoracic endoscopic surgery provides an excellent alternative for the resection of thoracic schwannomas, neurofibromas, or other benign neurogenic tumors with…
39Posterior Thoracic and Lumbar Hook-Rod Instrumentation STEPHEN L. ONDRA AND THOMAS J. MORRISON III Hook-and-rod constructs for the treatment of instability of the thoracic and lumbar spine date back to…
34Complete Spondylectomy for the Excision of Spinal Neoplasms NICHOLAS THEODORE AND CURTIS A. DICKMAN Even with the recent philosophical shift toward minimally invasive approaches to the spinal column, there will…
38Lateral Retroperitoneal Approaches to the Lumbar Spine Y. R. RAMPERSAUD Flank Retroperitoneal Approach The flank retroperitoneal approach has been well described in the general and vascular surgery literature since the…
