History of Spine Biomechanics
Chapter 3 History of Spine Biomechanics Sait Naderi, Varun R. Kshettry, I˙lker Gulec, Edward C. Benzel Biomechanics is the subdiscipline of spine surgery that employs the laws of physics to…
Myelomeningocele and Associated Anomalies
Chapter 117 Myelomeningocele and Associated Anomalies Mark G. Luciano, Samer K. Elbabaa Myelomeningocele, or spina bifida aperta, is defined as a dorsally protruding open spinal cord defect that usually is…
Management of Soft Cervical Disc Herniation: Controversies and Complication Avoidance
Chapter 79 Management of Soft Cervical Disc Herniation Controversies and Complication Avoidance Jan Goffin, Jeroen Ceuppens About 450 years ago, Vesalius described the intervertebral disc.1 It was not until 1928…
Spondylectomy for Spinal Tumors
Chapter 107 Spondylectomy for Spinal Tumors Jean-Paul Wolinsky, Daniel M. Sciubba, Jorge Lastra-Power, Ziya Gokaslan Spondylectomy is defined as removal of an entire segment of the spine, including the vertebral…
Spinal Dural Vascular Malformations
Chapter 104 Spinal Dural Vascular Malformations H. Hunt Batjer, Tarun Bhalla, Alejandro Spiotta, Peter A. Rasmussen, Robert F. Spetzler The most common type of spinal cord arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is…
Cervical Spine Construct Design
Chapter 140 Cervical Spine Construct Design Ricardo Fontes, Paul D. Sawin, Vijay K. Goel, Vincent C. Traynelis Fundamental Concepts Successful cervical spine instrumentation depends on several factors, including the nature…
Cervical Spine Fusion Using Dynamic Ventral Cervical Plating
Chapter 139 Cervical Spine Fusion Using Dynamic Ventral Cervical Plating Steven P. Leon, Denis DiAngelo, Edward C. Benzel, Hansen A. Yuan, Kevin T. Foley The benefits of rigid implants (i.e.,…
Rationale for Practice Hygiene: Coding, Reimbursement, and Nomenclature
Chapter 207 Rationale for Practice Hygiene Coding, Reimbursement, and Nomenclature Gregory J. Przybylski Although the practice of spine surgery can be extremely complex, the evolving and ever-changing documentation and reporting…
Meaningful Retrospective Analysis
Chapter 211 Meaningful Retrospective Analysis Daniel J. Hoh, Khalid M. Abbed, Zoher Ghogawala Today, there is a growing need to supplement our education with a systematic understanding of the principles…
