Emory’s Illustrated Tips and Tricks in Spine Surgery

Description:

Part of the popular Tips and Tricks series, Emory Spine: Illustrated Tips and Tricks in Spine Surgery provides succinct and practical advice acquired from years of expert practice in spine surgery. Led by John M. Rhee, MD from the Emory University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Emory University Spine Fellowship, this visually stunning reference focuses exclusively on detailed descriptions of technical tips and tricks for all aspects of spine surgery. This unique approach will be highly useful to everyone from orthopaedic and neurosurgery spine fellows and residents, to practicing spinal surgeons – anyone who would benefit from exposure to the wisdom that experienced attending surgeons pass on to those who are training or working in this complex field.

Table of Contents:

Section 1 Cervical Spine

1 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion

2 Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion

3 Anterior Cervical Arthroplasty

4 Cervical Laminoplasty

5 Cervical Subaxial Laminectomy, Instrumentation, and Fusion (C3 to Upper Thoracic)

6 Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy

7 C1-2 Instrumentation and Fusion

8 Occipitocervical Fixation and Fusion

9 Cervical Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy

10 Posterior-Anterior-Posterior Treatment of Severe Cervical Kyphotic Deformity

Section 2 Thoracic Spine

11 Anterior Thoracic Corpectomy and Diskectomy

12 Thoracic Direct Lateral Corpectomy

13 Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation/Fusion

14 Percutaneous Thoracic Fusion and Pedicle Screw Instrumentation

15 Costotransversectomy and Lateral Extracavitary Approach

16 Posterior Correction of Scoliosis

17 Vertebral Column Resection

Section 3 Lumbar Spine

18 Microdiskectomy

19 Lumbar Laminectomy

20 Posterior Lumbar Fusion and Pedicle Screw Instrumentation

21 Percutaneous Lumbar Fusion and Pedicle Screw Instrumentation

22 Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

23 Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

24 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

25 Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion: Standard and Anterior Column Realignment

26 Lumbar Corpectomy

27 Iliac and S2 Alar-Iliac Screw Fixation

28 Lumbar Posterior Column Osteotomy and Correction

29 Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy

Section 4 Trauma

30 Application of Gardner-Wells Tongs, Mayfield Head Holder, and Halo

31 Operative Treatment of Facet Fractures/Dislocations

32 Odontoid Screw Fixation

33 Operative Treatment of Hangman’s Fractures

34 Operative Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

35 Sacral Fractures

Section 5 Management of Complications

36 Lumbar Subarachnoid Drain

37 Management of Dural Tears

38 Vertebral Artery Injury

39 Neuromonitoring Alert During Spinal Surgery

40 Airway Complications After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion/Cricothyrotomy

Index