Handbook of Spine Surgery

I Anatomy 1 Embryology of the Spine 2 Craniovertebral Junction 3 Cervical Spine 4 Thoracic Spine 5 Lumbar Spine 6 Sacral–Iliac Spine II Clinical Spine Surgery 7 Physical Examination 8 Spinal Imaging 9 Radiation Exposure in Spine Surgery 10 Electrodiagnostic Testing in Spine Surgery 11 Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Spine Surgery 12 Bedside Procedures 13 Pharmacology 14 Radiation Therapy in Spine Surgery 15 Spinal Radiosurgery Therapy 16 Spinal Navigation 17 Spine Biologics III Spinal Pathology 18 Congenital Anomalies 19 Cervical Trauma 20 Thoracolumbar Trauma 21 Sacropelvic Trauma 22 Infection 23 Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Tumors 24 Cervical and Thoracic Spine Degenerative Disease 25 Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease 26 Congenital and Neuromuscular Scoliosis 27 Scheuermann's Kyphosis 28 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 29 Adult Degenerative Deformity 30 Radiographic Parameters of Spinal Deformity 31 Vascular Pathology of the Spine 32 Spondyloarthropathies 33 Spinal Emergencies IV Surgical Techniques 34 Occipitocervical Fusion 35 Chiari I Decompression 36 Transoral Odontoidectomy 37 C1–C2 Techniques 38 Direct Fixation of Odontoid Fractures 39 Cervical Arthroplasty 40 Anterior Cervical Corpectomy 41 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy 42 Cervical Laminectomy with and without Fusion 43 Cervical Laminoplasty 44 Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy 45 Cervical Open Reduction Techniques: Anterior and Posterior Approaches 46 Anterior Cervical–Thoracic Junction Technique 47 Freehand Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement Technique 48 Transpedicular Approach 49 Costotransversectomy 50 Lateral Extracavitary Approach 51 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy/Smith-Petersen Osteotomy 52 Thoracoscopic Approaches to the Spine 53 Lateral Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine 54 Open and Minimally Invasive Spinal Lumbar Microdiskectomy 55 Lumbar Foraminotomy 56 Posterolateral Endoscopic Diskectomy 57 Lumbar Laminectomy 58 Posterior and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion 59 Minimally