Operative Spine Surgery

by Welch, William C.; Jacobs, George B.; Jackson, George P.

• ISBN13: 9780838573938
• ISBN10: 0838573932
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA. Reference for residents at the beginning of their training and for practitioners of primary specialties. Includes the technical details of instrumentation and implants as well as the reasons for selecting a specific spine surgery procedure. Color and halftone illustrations and images. DNLM: Spine--surgery.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
William C. Welch
George B. Jacobs
Roger P. Jackson
Surgical Anatomy of the Spine	2	(11)
Thomas J. Lovely
Patient History and Neurological Examination	13	(14)
Joseph V. McDonald
William C. Welch
Perioperative Diagnostic Imaging Studies	27	(51)
Gordon R. Bell
Preoperative and Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Recordings	78	(18)
Aage R. Moller
Anesthesia for Spinal Surgey	96	(8)
Irene P. Osborn
Spinal Mechanics, Spinal Instability, and Indications for Operative Intervention	104	(9)
Gregory J. Przbylski
William C. Welch
George B. Jacobs
Anterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine	113	(12)
Patrick A. Roth
William C. Welch
Surgical Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy, Part I: Technique and Results of Laminectomy	125	(17)
Joseph A. Epstein
Nancy E. Epstein
Surgical Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy, Part 2: Posterior Cervical Fixation	142	(11)
Michael D. Smith
Anterior Exposures of the Cervicothoracic, Thoracic, and Thoracolumbar Spine	153	(7)
Gregory P. Graziano
Stephen M. Bell
Anterior Approaches and Fusion Techniques of the Lumbar Spine	160	(22)
Robert J. Goitz
William C. Lauerman
Lumbar Spine Fusion	182	(20)
Lumbar Disc Excision for Radiculopathy	182	(6)
Thomas J. Lovely
William C. Welch
A. John Popp
John B. Waldman
Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion Without Instrumentation	188	(5)
James D. Kang
Posterior Instrumentation of the Lumbar Spine	193	(9)
William P. Donaldson III
Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis	202	(26)
Harry L. Shufflebarger
Alternative to Open Lumbar Discectomy: Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy	228	(10)
Parviz Kambin
Immediate and Delayed Postoperative Complications	238	(11)
Reginald Q. Knight
Preoperative and Postoperative Back Pain Management	249	(14)
Steven C. Levin
Brett R. Stacey
Kimberly Cantees
Conclusion	263	(2)
William C. Welch
George B. Jacobs
Roger P. Jackson
Index	265