Full Description
Leading spinal trauma surgeons share their expertise on the cervical spine
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This fifth volume in the AOSpine Masters Series presents a detailed analysis of the essential aspects of managing the most common cervical spine injuries. World-renowned cervical spine experts discuss anatomy, biomechanics, patient evaluation, and critical steps in the decision-making process for the treatment of these complex injuries. Chapters include: Anatomy of the Cervical Spine, Nonoperative Management of Cervical Spine Trauma, and Subaxial Cervical Spine Injuries.
Key Features:
Each chapter provides historic literature as well as a synthesized analysis of current literature and proposes an evidence-based treatment plan
Editors are international authorities on the management of cervical spine injuries
Expert tips and pearls included in every chapter
The AOSpine Masters Series, a co-publication of Thieme and AOSpine, a Clinical Division of the AO Foundation, addresses current clinical issues whereby international masters of spine share their expertise and recommendations on a particular topic. The goal of the series is to contribute to an evolving, dynamic model of an evidence-based medicine approach to spine care.
All spine surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons, along with residents and fellows in these areas, will find this book to be an excellent reference that they will consult often in their treatment of patients with cervical spine injuries.
Contents
1 Anatomy of the Cervical Spine
2 Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine: From the Normal State to the Injury State
3 Evaluation of an Injured Cervical Spine
4 Nonoperative Management of Cervical Spine Trauma
5 Occipital Condyle Fractures and Occipitocervical Dissociation
6 Atlas Injuries
7 Odontoid Fractures, Hangman's Fractures, and C2 Body Fractures
8 Compression (AO Type-A Injuries)
9 Subaxial Cervical Spine Injuries: Distraction (AO Type-B Injuries)
10 Facet and Lateral Mass Fractures
11 Cervical Dislocations (AO Type-C Injuries)
12 Cervicothoracic Junction Injuries
13 Cervical Trauma in Combination with Ankylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
14 Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
15 Pediatric Cervical Spine
16 The New AOSpine Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification System
