Cervical Spine Metastases
Cervical Spine Metastases Chintan S. Sampat Howard S. An Louis G. Jenis The most common site of spread of skeletal metastases is to the vertebral column. The propensity for tumor…
Intradural Intramedullary and Extramedullary Tumors
Intradural Intramedullary and Extramedullary Tumors Ryan M. Kretzer George I. Jallo CASE ILLUSTRATIONS CASE 1—INTRADURAL INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD TUMOR An otherwise healthy 17-year-old male presented to his primary care physician…
Emerging Pharmacologic Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury
Emerging Pharmacologic Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury Virgilio Matheus Christopher A. Iannotti Michael P. Steinmetz Any insult to the spinal cord that leads to a change in its function, either…
Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injury: Management/Workup
Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injury: Management/Workup Robert F. Heary Reza J. Karimi Injury of the vertebral artery is historically uncommon; however, the routine use of advanced imaging modalities and aggressive screening…
Principles of Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury
Principles of Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury Anthony S. Burns HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Spinal cord rehabilitation program can trace its roots to World War II (WWII). Prior to WWII, the prognosis…
Posttraumatic Syringomyelia
Posttraumatic Syringomyelia Sean Barry Sean D. Christie As the prevalence of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) increases worldwide with global population growth, so too does the life expectancy of this patient…
Traumatic Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Injury: Special Considerations in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Traumatic Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Injury: Special Considerations in Ankylosing Spondylitis Bradley W. Jacobs Michael G. Fehlings Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory enthesopathy that primarily affects the…
Odontoid Fractures
Odontoid Fractures Richard J. Bransford Joshua Charles Patt Jens R. Chapman INTRODUCTION: THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM There is probably not another osseous structure within the human body that relative…
Subaxial Cervical Injuries: Current Concepts in Classification and Treatment
Subaxial Cervical Injuries: Current Concepts in Classification and Treatment Alpesh A. Patel Paul A. Anderson Alexander R. Vaccaro Subaxial cervical spine injuries account for more than 66% of cervical fractures…
Injuries to C1 and C2 (Excluding Odontoid Fractures)
Injuries to C1 and C2 (Excluding Odontoid Fractures) Marcel F. Dvorak John T. Street Brian J. Lenehan FRACTURES OF THE ATLAS INTRODUCTION Fractures of the atlas account for approximately 25%…
