Full Description
This book provides neurosurgeons and trainees with the latest techniques in spinal surgery.
Divided into three sections, each is dedicated to surgical procedures in a key region of the spine - cervical, thoracic and lumbar.
Each topic is presented in a step by step process covering anatomy, indications and contraindications, techniques and outcomes.
Authored by internationally recognised, Philadelphia-based experts in the field, this invaluable text is enhanced by more than 200 surgical images and illustrations.
Key points
Practical guide to latest techniques in spinal surgery for neurosurgeons and trainees
In depth coverage of procedures for each section of the spine - cervical, thoracic and lumbar
Internationally recognised, Philadelphia-based author team
Highly illustrated with surgical images and illustrations
Contents
SECTION 1: CERVICAL
Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy
Cervical Corpectomy
Cervical Total Disc Arthroplasty
Cervical Laminoplasty
SECTION 2: THORACIC
Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Disc Herniation
Thoracic Transpedicular Decompression
Multilevel Ponte Osteotomy for Thoracic Kyphosis
Vertebral Column Resection
SECTION 3: LUMBAR
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression for Spinal Stenosis
Minimal Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion (MIS TLIF)
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
Index
