This comprehensive title covers the many elements of spinal injury care, including epidemiology, emergency evaluation, diagnosis of spine injury in the polytrauma patient and reflects advancements and options in radiologic imaging, pharmacologic management, and surgical treatment, and rehabilitation.

For a variety of upper and lower cervical spine injuries as well as the major thoracic, lumbar, and sacral injuries the editors offer a consistent and practical resource. For each injury, they provide a full review of the anatomy and evaluation methods, followed by discussion of the appropriate techniques for operative and non-operative care, concluding with the expected results of treatment, as well as potential complications.

Spine Trauma 2nd. Edition, explores:

• Anatomy and pathophysiology of spinal trauma and spinal cord injury
• Detailed initial evaluation of the patient who has potential spinal injury
• Up-to-date treatment algorithms, surgical techniques, and instrumentation
• Specific injuries of the upper and lower cervical spine
• Major thoracic, lumbar, and sacral injuries
• Rehabilitation of the spinal cord injury patient and the common long-term complications

The team approach is a hallmark of spinal injury care. From stabilization and evaluation through surgical treatment and on to rehabilitation, this eBook addresses all the health professionals involved in the complex spectrum of care of spinal injury patients.

Contents

۱ Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury
۳ Physical Examination
۴ Emergency Management of Spine Injuries in Polytrauma Patients
۵ “Clearing” the Cervical Spine in the Trauma Patient
۶ Pharmacologic Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury
۷ Considerations of Timing and Sequencing of Treatment
۸ Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
۹ Vascular Anatomy of the Spine
۱۰ The Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord in Injury and Repair
۱۱ Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
۱۲ Biomechanics of Spinal Instrumentation: Applications for Trauma
۱۳ Classi cation of Spinal Injury
۱۴ An Imaging Atlas of Spinal Injury
۱۵ Surgical Approaches to the Cervical Spine
۱۶ Surgical Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
۱۷ Intraoperative Evaluation: Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials and Electromyography
۱۸ Spinal Orthoses
۱۹ Occipitocervical Trauma
۲۰ Fractures of the Atlas
۲۱ Odontoid Fractures
۲۲ Atlantoaxial Rotatory Deformities
۲۳ Insuf ciency of the Transverse Ligament
۲۴ Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis (Hangman’s Fracture)
۲۵ Subaxial Cervical Spine Burst Fractures
۲۶ Teardrop Fractures of the Cervical Spine
۲۷ Cervical Facet Fractures and Dislocations
۲۸ Hyperextension Injuries of the Cervical Spine
۲۹ Compression Fractures of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
۳۰ Flexion-Distraction Injuries of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
۳۱ Facet Fractures and Dislocations of the Thoracolumbar Spine
۳۲ Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
۳۳ Low Lumbar Spine Trauma
۳۴ Fractures of the Sacrum
۳۵ Gunshot Wounds of the Spine
۳۶ Immediate Postoperative Care
۳۷ Rehabilitation
۳۸ Posttraumatic Syringomyelia
۳۹ Complications of the Musculoskeletal System Following Spinal Cord Injury