6 Trauma, Tumor, and Infection
10.1055/b-0035-106381 6 Trauma, Tumor, and Infection 6.1 Introduction This chapter focuses predominantly on trauma. Tumor 1 , 2 and infection, 3 – 6 however, often have biomechanical effects on the…
NEUROSURGERY
11 Destabilizing Effects of Spine Surgery
10.1055/b-0035-106386 11 Destabilizing Effects of Spine Surgery Spine surgery, by its nature, destabilizes the spine, whether by iatrogenic destruction of spinal ligaments, muscle injury, muscle deinnervation, or the reduction of…
12 Spine Fusion
10.1055/b-0035-106387 12 Spine Fusion 12.1 The Bone Graft The bone graft and the resulting bony fusion are the components of a successful spine stabilization operation that lead to the ultimate…
10 Surgical Approaches to the Subaxial Spine
10.1055/b-0035-106385 10 Surgical Approaches to the Subaxial Spine The surgical approaches to spinal decompression, fusion, and instrumentation vary widely. This chapter focuses on surgical approaches to the subaxial spine, for…
5 Degenerative and Inflammatory Diseases of the Spine
10.1055/b-0035-106380 5 Degenerative and Inflammatory Diseases of the Spine The management of degenerative and inflammatory spine diseases is complex. Alterations of both bony and ligamentous spinal integrity are the predominant…
13 Implant Material Properties
10.1055/b-0035-106388 13 Implant Material Properties 13.1 Metals 13.1.1 Elements and Alloys Metallurgy is the study of metals, their material properties, and their shaping and treatment by heating and/or cooling. At…
1 Biomechanically Relevant Anatomy and Material Properties of the Spine and Associated Elements
10.1055/b-0035-106376 1 Biomechanically Relevant Anatomy and Material Properties of the Spine and Associated Elements 1.1 Anatomy The vertebral column complex consists of ventrally located vertebral bodies and intervening intervertebral discs…
8 Neural Element Injury
10.1055/b-0035-106383 8 Neural Element Injury 8.1 Mechanisms of Neural Element Injury External influences can cause a cell to become dysfunctional, or to die, by one or a combination of three…
7 Spine Deformations
10.1055/b-0035-106382 7 Spine Deformations Spinal deformities can be the result of unstable motion segments or, conversely, can cause them. The classification of spinal deformities can be confusing. For example, the…
9 Correlation of the Anatomical and Clinical Domains
10.1055/b-0035-106384 9 Correlation of the Anatomical and Clinical Domains Surgery for spinal pathology can be grouped into three fundamental and relatively distinct categories: (1) surgery for neural element compression or…
