Neupsy Key

65 Surgical Resection of Spinal Vascular Lesions Timothy D. Uschold, Alim P. Mitha, and Steve W. Chang I. Key Points – The natural history of spinal vascular lesions is usually…

64 Spinal Cord Tumor Resection Michelle J. Clarke and Timothy F. Witham I. Key Points – Intradural tumor resection has the potential for significant neurologic morbidity.1 – Prognosis and outcome…

63 Vertebral Body Augmentation Mohammed Eleraky and Frank D. Vrionis I. Key Points – Vertebral augmentation is commonly employed in treating compression fractures in patients with osteoporosis or spine tumors….

53 Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS TLIF) Michael Y. Wang I. Key Points – Minimally invasive transformational lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) can be utilized to achieve lumbar…

30 Direct Fixation of Odontoid Fractures Andrew T. Dailey and Jose Carlos Sauri-Barraza I. Key Points – Odontoid screw fixation is suitable for acute type II odontoid fractures, which represent…

36 Cervical Laminoplasty Sarah I. Woodrow and Allan D. Levi I. Key Points – Laminoplasty is a procedure in which the spinal canal is expanded with the integrity of the…

46 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy/ Smith Petersen Osteotomy Frank La Marca, Paul Park, and Juan M. Valdivia I. Key Points – For correction of mainly symptomatic fixed sagittal imbalance (pedicle subtraction…

34 Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy Matthew J. Tormenti and Adam S. Kanter I. Key Points – Spares disruption of the annulus fibrosus and avoids the need for interbody fusion – Contraindicated…

22 Deformity David T. Anderson and Jeffrey A. Rihn I. Key Points – The scoliotic spine has, in addition to a coronal curve, a rotational deformity in which the apical…

28 Transoral Odontoidectomy Frank M. Phillips and Colin B. Harris I. Key Points – The transoral approach allows the surgeon ventral midline access from the top of the arch of…