Chapter 63 Trauma Surgery Occipitocervical Junction Miguel Lopez-Gonzalez, Curtis A. Dickman, Tanvir Choudhri, Jurgen Harms The occipitocervical junction includes the skull base at the foramen magnum, C1, C2, and the…
Chapter 160 Cervical Total Disc Arthroplasty John H. Shin, Richard Schlenk Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been routinely used for the treatment of degenerative disease of the cervical…
Chapter 90 Spinal Deformity Measuring, Defining, and Classifying Chad W. Farley, Charles Kuntz, IV The spine is composed of regions with distinct alignment and biomechanical properties that contribute to global…
Chapter 233 Traumatic Asymptomatic Vertebral Artery Injury Secondary to Facet Fracture Dislocation Do Nothing Girish K. Hiremath, Edward C. Benzel Vertebral artery injury (VAI) is a complication of cervical spine…
Chapter 88 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Nancy E. Epstein, Kazuo Yonenobu Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), most typically found in males (2:1) in their mid 50s,…
Chapter 122 Wound Closure Patrick W. Hitchon, Meryl Severson, Albert E. Cram Soft Tissue Anatomy The first layer deep to the skin is the subcutaneous tissue. Within this layer can…
Chapter 143 High Cervical and Occipitocervical Plate, Rod, Wire, and Bone Techniques Noel I. Perin, Nevan G. Baldwin, Paul R. Cooper Abnormalities at the craniocervical junction were first reported in…
Chapter 33 Occipitocervical Region Robert A. McGuire, Jr., Ashraf A. Ragab Although fewer procedures are performed at the occipitocervical (OC) junction when compared with subaxial cervical procedures, there are specific…
Chapter 51 Lateral Extracavitary Approach to the Thoracolumbar Spine Michael Martin, Kevin Cooper, Dennis J. Maiman The lateral extracavitary approach (LECA) can be used in the thoracolumbar spine to access…
Chapter 222 Spondylotic Myelopathy with Cervical Kyphotic Deformity Ventral Approach Michael P. Steinmetz, Christopher D. Kager, Edward C. Benzel The development of cervical spine deformity may be secondary to advanced…
