This comprehensive text covers the surgical treatment of the spine from ‘head-to-toe’. The text serves as a state-of-the-art one stop shop for the reader. It is appropriate for students, trainees or seasoned veterans. The book begins in the cervical region, ends at the sacrum, while the last chapter focuses on the future of spine care and surgery. Each section begins with a discussion of pathology and pathophysiology. This is followed by diagnostic work-up and then surgical management. Specialty chapters focus on disease specific issues such as scoliosis, deformity and oncology. Each chapter is written by a true expert in the field. They are able to bring in up-to-date evidence and combine this with years of experience. Each section will provide a complete discussion of management of simple to the most complex pathologies.

Contents

Chapter 1: Relevant Surgical Anatomy
Chapter 2: Clinical Biomechanics of the Spine: The Nuts and Bolts of Spinal Instrumentation
Chapter 3: Bone and Intervertebral Disk Physiology
Chapter 4: Preoperative Bone Health Assessment and the Potential use of Systemic Osteoporosis Drugs in Select Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Fusion Surgery
Chapter 5: Inflammatory Diseases of the Spine
Chapter 6: Principles of Spine Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury
Chapter 7: Principles of Spine Fusion
Chapter 8: Spinal Infections
Chapter 9: Intradural Spinal Tumors
Chapter 10: Evaluation of Back Pain in Children
Chapter 11: Congenital Scoliosis
Chapter 12: Idiopathic Scoliosis
Chapter 13: Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Chapter 14: Juvenile Kyphosis (Scheuermann’s Disease)
Chapter 15: Pediatric Trauma
Chapter 16: Pediatric Spinal Column: Congenital Anomalies
Chapter 17: Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
Chapter 18: Spinal Conditions Associated with Congenital Disorders
Chapter 19: Biologies used in Spine Surgery for Fusion
Chapter 20: Imaging of the Spine: Types, Strengths and Limitations
Chapter 21: Navigation and Robotics in Spine Surgery
Chapter 22: Evidence in Spinal Surgery
Chapter 23: Cervical Spine: History and Physical Examination
Chapter 24: Spine Surgery: Current Concepts and Evidence Neck Pain
Chapter 25: Spine Surgery: Current Concepts and Evidence Cervical Radiculopathy
Chapter 26: Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Chapter 27: Revision Cervical Spine Surgery
Chapter 28: Current Concepts and Evidence in Cervical Spinal Deformities
Chapter 29: Cervical Tumors
Chapter 30: Trauma of the Cervical Spine
Chapter 31: Thoracic Spine: History and Physical Examination
Chapter 32: Thoracic Radiculopathy and Myelopathy
Chapter 33: Classification and Management of Thoracic Spine Trauma
Chapter 34: Lumbosacral Spine: History and Physical Examination
Chapter 35: Low Back Pain Spine Surgery: Current Concepts and Evidence
Chapter 36: Lumbar Disk Herniation
Chapter 37: Spinal Stenosis
Chapter 38: Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Chapter 39: Spine Surgery: Current Concepts and Evidence Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
Chapter 40: Spine Surgery: Current Concepts and Evidence Adult Scoliosis
Chapter 41: Revision Lumbar Surgery
Chapter 42: Trauma of the Thoracolumbar Junction, Lumbar, and Sacral Spine
Chapter 43: Thoracic, Lumbar, and Sacral Tumors
Chapter 44: Future of Spine Surgery