Challenging cases in spine surgery

"With more than 80 complex spine surgery cases and a streamlined case example format, Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is an ideal clinical reference for everyday use in the professional setting. In each case the authors briefly outline the patient presentation, radiologic findings, diagnosis, and treatment, followed by a discussion, to help you quickly master the thinking behind complicated spinal procedures."--BOOK JACKET.

Odontoid fracture type I -- Transodontoid screw for type II odontoid fracture -- Nonunion of a type II odontoid fracture -- Atlantoaxial instability -- Bilateral locked facets -- Cervical kyphosis -- Spinal trauma -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Esophageal injury -- Traumatic thoracic fracture -- Lumbar fracture -- Burst fracture -- Traumatic lumbar fracture -- Multiple burst fractures -- Sacral fracture / Rahul Vaidya and Marilyn Gates -- Atlanto-occipital dislocation / Eric Spickler -- Cranial settling -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Rheumatoid patient with ventral cord compression -- Rheumatoid arthritis with instability -- Percutaneous cervical decompression -- Cervical cages -- Mechanical neck pain.

Multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) -- Hardware failure -- Postoperative kyphosis -- Multilevel cervical stenosis -- Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) -- Cervical myelopathy -- Cervical hardware failure -- Central cord with osteoporosis -- Pseudomeningocele -- Angioedema -- Thoracic disc -- Syrinx -- Transverse myelitis -- Discogenic back pain -- Adjacent segment disease -- Motion preservation technology -- Percutaneous lumbar laminotomies a…