Surgical Anatomy and Techniques to the Spine, 2nd Rev. Ed.

Key Features Proceed with confidence. An atlas-style format featuring clear, concise, step-by-step descriptions of the anatomy and procedures along with clinical hints and pearls, tables, and management algorithms provideing swift answers and trusted guidance. Sharpen your surgical acumen with a deeper understanding of the anatomy of the surgical target and related anatomy. Comprehensive information on cervical, cervical/thoracic, thoracic/lumbar, lumbar spine, lumbar/pelvis, and other surgical locations ensures the best approaches to spine surgery and results. Understand the spine from all angles with multiple-viewpoint, full-color photographs, and illustrations.

Surgical Anatomy and Techniques to the Spine, 2nd Edition

Section I. Surgical Anatomy and Approaches

A. Craniovertebral Junction and Upper Cervical Spine 

Chapter 1: Transoral Approach to Craniocervical Junction and Upper Cervical Spine

Chapter 2: Transmaxillary Approach to the Clivus and Upper Cervical Spine

Chapter 3: High Cervical Retropharyngeal Approach to the Craniocervical Junction

Chapter 4: Posterior and Far-Lateral Approaches to Craniovertebral Junction

B. Mid and Lower Cervical Spine

Chapter 5: Anterior Approach to Mid-Cervical Spine

Chapter 6: Posterior Approach to Mid-Cervical SpineMD

C. Cervicothoracic Junction and Thoracic Spine

Chapter 7: Anterior Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction

Chapter 8: Anterolateral Transthoracic Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction 

Chapter 9: Posterolateral Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction 

D. Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spines

Chapter 10: Thoracoabdominal Approach

Chapter 11: Anterior Retroperitoneal Approach to Lumbar Spine

Chapter 12: Posterior and Posterolateral Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

E. Lumbar Sacral Junction 

Chapter 13: Transperitoneal Approaches to the Lumbosacral Junction

Chapter 14: Anterior Retroperitoneal Approach

Chapter 15: Posterior Sacral Approach to the Sacrum

Section II. Degenerative Disease of the Spine

A. Cervical Disk Herniation

Chapter 16: Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion

Chapter 17: Anterior Cervical Microforaminotomy

Chapter 18: Anterior Cervical Fusion and Instrumentation Techniques

Chapter 19: Posterior Keyhole Cervical Foraminotomy

B. Cervical Stenosis 

Chapter 20: Anterior Corpectomy and Fusion

Chapter 21: Laminotomy and Laminectomy

Chapter 22: Laminoplasty Techniques

Chapter 23: Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

C. Thoracic Disk Herniation

Chapter 24: Thoracic Discectomy

D. Lumbar Disk Herniation

Chapter 25: Lumbar Microdiskectomy: Midline Open and Far-lateral Techniques

Chapter 26: Percutaneous and Endoscopic Diskectomy

E. Lumbar Stenosis 

Chapter 27: Surgical Anatomy and Operative Techniques of Lumbar Stenosis

Chapter 28: Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression

F. Lumbar Fusion and Instrumentation Techniques 

Chapter 29: Transpedicular Screw Fixations

Chapter 30: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusions

Chapter 31: Unilateral Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion 

Chapter 32: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Chapter 33: Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Chapter 34: Spondylolisthesis Reduction

Chapter 35: Minimal Access Exposure for Posterior Lumbar Instrumented Fusions: Is There an Easier Way?

Section III. Inflammatory Disease

Chapter 36: The Trans-Oral Approach for Ventral Cervicomedullary Decompression in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Chapter 37: Ankylosing Spondylitis - Posterior Approaches (Osteotomy) to the Cervical and Lumbar Spine in the Management of a Fixed Sagittal Plane Deformity

Section IV. Spinal Trauma

A. Craniovertebral and Cervical Spine

Chapter 38: Surgical Therapy for Fractures and Dislocations of the Craniocervical Junction and Upper Cervical Spine

Chapter 39: Burst Fractures of the Cervical Spine

Chapter 40: Subaxial Cervical Spinal Injuries and Facet Dislocation Injuries

B. Thoracic Spine

Chapter 41: Cervicothoracic Junction Fractures

Chapter 42: Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Fractures

C. Lumbar and Sacral Spine

Chapter 43: Lumbar and Sacral Fractures

Section V. Spinal Deformity

Chapter 44: Anterior Release and Fusion Techniques for Thoracic Scoliosis

Chapter 45: Anterior Treatment for Thoracolumbar-Lumbar Scoliosis

Chapter 46: Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Lenke 1-6 Curve Types

Chapter 47: Surgical Management of Flatback Syndrome

Chapter 48: The Surgical Management of Scheuermann’s Kyphosis

Section VI. Spinal Tumor

Chapter 49: Primary Malignant and Benign Tumors of the Spine

Chapter 50: Secondary Metastatic Tumors of the Spine

Chapter 51: Surgical Technique for Resection of Intradural Tumors

Chapter 52: Vascular Lesions of the Spinal Cord

Section VII. Spinal Infection

Chapter 53: Bacterial, Fungal, and Tuberculosis Discitis and Osteomyelitis of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

Section VIII. Miscellaneous

Chapter 54: Bone Graft Harvesting Techniques