Best Evidence for Spine Surgery provides representative cases that help you determine the optimal surgical interventions for your patients. Drs. Rahul Jandial and Steven R. Garfin, and a balanced team of preeminent neurosurgeons and orthopaedists, address the trend toward a more collaborative approach between spine and orthopaedic surgery. This easy-to-read, evidence-based resource also features “Tips from the masters” for a quick review of important elements of diagnosis and treatment and online access at www.expertconsult.com with fully searchable text and downloadable images.

• Choose the best options for your patients using evidence that supports the optimal surgical intervention for each case.
• Access the fully searchable text online at www.expertconsult.com, along with a downloadable image gallery and a video library demonstrating nuances of key techniques.
• Apply a multi-disciplinary approach through coverage that reflects the changing nature of the specialty with chapters written by neurosurgeons and orthopaedists.
• Quickly review the most important elements of diagnosis through “Tips from the masters.”
• Easily find the information you need with a consistent, case-based format that clearly presents evidence and techniques.

Best Evidence for Spine Surgery is the perfect resource for any surgeon interested in learning about the best evidence on cases for which there is debate regarding the surgical management. Information presented includes a thorough review of literature, technique, and cases as presented by preeminent spine surgeons. Information is presented from a balanced panel of orthopaedic and neurological surgeons, to articulate a collaborative approach that has been the natural evolution in the academic setting. This title presents a representative case and the evidence for the optimal surgical intervention for that case, within a format that makes the most important elements accessible and appealing.

Contents

۱ Cervical Disc Herniation: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Arthroplasty

۲ Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Bone-Grafting Options

۳ Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Anterior Versus Posterior Approach

۴ Minimally Invasive Approaches to Thoracic Disc Herniations

۵ Lumbar Disc Herniation with Mild Neurological Deficit: Microdiscectomy Versus Conservative Treatment

۶ Cervical Spondylosis-Spinal Stenosis: Laminoplasty Versus Laminectomy and Fusion

۷ Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease: Fusion Versus Artificial Disc

۸ Degenerative Spondylolisthesis with Radicular Pain: Decompression Only Versus Decompression and Fusion

۹ Asymptomatic Intradural Schwannoma: Surgery Versus Radiosurgery Versus Observation

۱۰ Pseudotumor: Transoral Versus Posterior Fusion

۱۱ Odontoid Fracture in the Elderly: Odontoid Screws Versus Posterior Fusion

۱۲ C1-C2 Fusion: Transarticular Screws Versus Harms/Melcher Procedure

۱۳ Multilevel Cervical Corpectomy: Anterior-Only Versus Circumferential Instrumentation

۱۴ Cervical Jumped Facets and Incomplete Neurological Deficit: Closed-Reduction Versus Urgent Surgery

۱۵ Laminectomy Across Cervicothoracic Junction: Fusion Versus Nonfusion

۱۶ Vertebral Metastases: Ventral and Dorsal Approach Versus Lateral Extracavitary Transpedicular Approach

۱۷ Degenerative Scoliosis: Anterior and Posterior Fusion Versus Posterior Fusion

۱۸ Sagittal Imbalance: Multiple Smith-Peterson Osteotomies Versus Pedicle Substraction Osteotomies

۱۹ L1-S1 Fusion: When to Extend to T12 and Pelvis and When to Include L5-S1 Anterior Grafting

۲۰ High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Reduction and Fusion Versus In Situ Fusion