11 Interventional Pain/Nonoperative Spine Procedures: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Daniel Marin I. Key Points This chapter focuses on nonoperative diagnostic and therapeutic spine procedures for the purpose of understanding their context,…
13 Spinal Radiation Therapy Edward A. Monaco III and Peter Carlos Gerszten I. Key Points – Conventional fractionated radiotherapy, defined as radiation delivered in one to two radiation beams without…
1 Embryology of the Spine Akash J. Patel, Katherine Relyea, Daniel H. Fulkerson, and Andrew Jea I. Key Points – The developing vertebral column is formed from somites, which develop…
5 Lumbar Spine Hormuzdiyar H. Dasenbrock and Ali Bydon I. Key Points – The three-column model of the spine, developed to prognosticate the stability of thoracolumbar fractures, provides a framework…
3 Cervical Spine Eric A. Sribnick and Sanjay S. Dhall I. Key Points – The subaxial cervical spine includes C3 to C7. – The cervical spine normally demonstrates a lordotic…
