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Spine Surgery Basics

Spine surgery has increasingly become a surgical field of its own, with a distinct body of knowledge. While available textbooks cover the intricacies of spine surgery and provide extensive information on each pathology, these books are not geared towards the requirements of the novice and are insuff...

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Other Authors: Patel, Vikas V. (Editor), Patel, Alpesh (Editor), Harrop, James S. (Editor), Burger, Evalina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Subjects:
Nervous System / Surgery
Neurosurgery
Surgical Orthopedics
Health Care
Orthopedic Surgery
Medical Care
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • General: Anatomy
  • Physical Exam: Cervical
  • Physical Exam: Lumbosacral
  • Imaging Basics (basics of anatomy on radiographic imaging plus bone scans, DEXA, etc.)
  • Diagnostic Evaluations (injections, EMG, etc)
  • General Surgical Principles (guidelines for informed consent, patient positioning for surgery, equipment needed, post operative considerations)
  • Surgical Approaches
  • Cervical and Thoracic Instrumentation
  • Lumbar and Lumbosacral Instrumentation
  • Bone graft and Bone Substitute Biology
  • Neuromonitoring. Degenerative Spine: Cervical Disc Herniation and Radiculopathy
  • Cervical Stenosis and Myelopathy
  • Thoracic Disc Herniation
  • Lumbar Disc Herniation
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylolysis and Isthmic spondylolisthesis
  • Degenerative Disc Disease with and without Facet Arthritis
  • Degenerative Spinal Scoliosis/Deformity. Pediatric Spine: Scoliosis
  • Kyphosis
  • Congenital
  • Spondylolysis and Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylolysis and Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
  • Occipital and Upper cervical spine (Occ-C2)
  • Sub-axial cervical spine (C2-C7)
  • Thoracolumbar spine (T1-L2)
  • Low lumbar spine (L3-L5)
  • Sacral spine and pelvis
  • Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Tumor, Infection, Inflammatory and Metabolic Conditions: Primary spine tumors
  • Primary spine tumors
  • Metastatic spine tumors
  • Primary spine infections
  • Intradural spine tumors
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis and DISH
  • Osteoporosis and the Aging Spine. Complications: Postoperative Infection
  • Dural tear
  • Neurological injury
  • Pseudarthrosis/Nonunion
  • Pseudarthrosis/Nonunion
  • Medical complications (VTE, Pneumonia, Cardiac Disease, Mortality)

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