Spine surgery: techniques, complication avoidance, and management

This best-selling resource explores the full spectrum of surgical techniques used in spine surgery, and describes how to avoid and manage complex problems. It emphasizes how to achieve successful outcomes and minimize risks. The 2nd Edition delivers more than 25 brand-new chapters, as well as extensive revisions and updates throughout, to reflect all of the latest advances in the field. It also features contributions from an increased number of orthopaedic surgeons to round out the strong coverage provided by the many neurosurgeon contributors. Features contributions from well-known neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons, for well-rounded, authoritative coverage from beginning to end. Offers more than 825 outstanding illustrations that demonstrate how to perform every procedure step by step.

1. History -- 2. History of Spinal Instrumentation: The Modern Era -- 3. Differential Diagnosis of Surgical Disorders of the Spine -- 4. Anatomy and Physiology of Congenital Spinal Lesions -- 5. Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Acquired Spinal Lesions -- 6. Neural Injury at the Molecular Level -- 7. Practical Anatomy and Fundamental Biomechanics -- 8. Physical and Neurological Examination -- 9. Spinal Masqueraders -- 10. Pathophysiology of Cervical Myelopathy: Biomechanical Concepts -- 11. Biology of Spine Fusion -- 12. Spine Fusion: Anatomy and Biomechanics of Bone-Bone Interface -- 13. Bone Void Fillers: Bone and Bone Substitutes -- 14. Osteointegration (Osseointegration) -- 15. Materials and Material Properties -- 16. Biomechanical Testing -- 17. Fundamentals of Spine Surgery -- 18. Preoperative and Surgical Planning for Avoiding Complications -- 19. Data Management -- 20. Education and Knowledge-Base Acquisition and Retention -- 21. Occipital Cervical Region -- 22. The Cervical Spine and Cervicothoracic Junction -- 23. Thoracic Spine -- 24. The Lumbar and Sacral Spine -- 25. Upper Cervical and Craniocervical Decompression -- 26. Upper Cervical and Occipitocervical Arthodesis -- …