24Staging, Classification, and Oncological Approaches for Metastatic Tumors Involving the Spine TODD VITAZ AND MARK BILSKY The early diagnosis and management of metastatic spine tumors are essential to reducing pain,…
41Lumbosacral and Pelvic Reconstruction DARYL R. FOURNEY AND ZIYA L. GOKASLAN Biologic osseous union is the only reliable method of long-term spinal stabilization. Instrumentation provides stable fixation in a predetermined…
31Thoracoscopic Corpectomy and Spinal Reconstruction CURTIS A. DICKMAN Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery has been used extensively by cardiothoracic surgeons to treat a variety of pathologies that involve the thoracic cavity. This…
29Combined Vertebrectomy and Chest Wall Resection for Pancoast Tumors JULIE E. YORK, ZIYA L. GOKASLAN, AND LAURENCE D. RHINES In 1924, Pancoast1 described a series of apical chest tumors that…
25Sacral Tumors: Primary and Metastatic DARYL R. FOURNEY AND ZIYA L. GOKASLAN Tumors of the sacrum and related neural, retroperitoneal, and pelvic structures are rare, accounting for between 1 and…
22Cauda Equina, Paraspinal, and Peripheral Nerve Tumors AMITABHA CHANDA AND ABHIJIT GUHA A large number of neoplasms, both benign and malignant and also primary or secondary, can occur in the…
33Posterolateral Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine MARK H. BILSKY Surgery for metastatic spine tumors is generally undertaken as a palliative procedure to improve the patient’s quality of life,…
16Percutaneous Diagnostic Biopsy Techniques for Tumors of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves RICK OBRAY AND KIERAN J. MURPHY Percutaneous diagnostic biopsy procedures of the spine have become increasingly popular over…
17Thoracoscopic Biopsy of Spinal and Paraspinal Lesions ROBERT E. ISAACS, PAUL SANTIAGO, MICK J. PEREZ-CRUET, BRIAN A. FISCHER, TONY MORETTI, RICHARD G. FESSLER, AND CURTIS A. DICKMAN Diagnosing a thoracic…
6Neurologic Manifestations of Tumors of the Spine, Spinal Cord, and Peripheral Nerves WARREN P. MASON The diagnosis of tumors of the spinal canal and peripheral nerves requires a masterful knowledge…
