Complications Related to the Management of Odontoid Fractures Paul Kraemer Rick C. Sasso Care of the patient with an odontoid fracture continues to be fraught with difficulty. Complications may arise…
Trauma-Related Complications— Atlantooccipital Dislocation Jason S. Weinstein Andrew N. Nemecek The occipitoatlantal and atlantoaxial joints comprise the bony articulations that make up the craniocervical junction. Complete disruption of the ligamentous…
Complications Associated with Dorsal Cervical Instrumentation David M. Jackson Louis F. Amorosa John G. Heller Steven C. Ludwig Subaxial dorsal cervical instrumentation methods have been used for more than a…
Complications of Anterior Cervical Plating Brandon D. Lawrence Darrel S. Brodke Since the advent of ventral cervical surgery by Smith and Robinson (1) and Cloward (2) in the late 1950s…
Postlaminectomy Cervical Kyphosis Matthew J. Goldstein Michael P. Ast Jeff S. Silber Greg D. Anderson Todd J. Albert BACKGROUND Cervical lordosis is critical to the normal alignment of the spine….
What Is a Complication? Toward Objective Definition and Reporting of Adverse Outcomes Robert A. Hart Paul A. Anderson Sohail Mirza DEFINITIONS Objective evaluation and presentation of adverse outcomes, or complications,…
Biologic Therapy for Disk Degeneration Daniel K. Park Michael B. Ellman Howard S. An Low back pain (LBP) associated with degenerative disk disease is a common clinical problem that has…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Contraindications for Cervical Disk Arthroplasty Nancy E. Epstein The benefits of cervical disk arthroplasty compared with routine anterior diskectomy and fusion include relief…
Cervical Facet Prosthesis Dieter Grob Axial neck pain is mainly attributed to the intervertebral disk and commonly named discogenic pain. From a biomechanical point of view, the facets might be…
Artificial Disk Surgery of the Cervical Spine: Complications of Cervical Disk Replacement Surgery Jan Goffin The success and long-term stability of disk prostheses theoretically depend on many factors, including the…
