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ATLAS OF CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY
Atlas of Cervical Spine Surgery
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By
Mark McLaughlin, MD, Princeton Brain & Spine Care, Lawrenceville, NJ
Regis Haid, MD, Atlanta Brain & Spine Care, Atlanta, GA
Gerald Rodts, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine; Chief, Neurological Surgery Service, Crawford W. Long Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Description
Atlas of Cervical Spine Surgery features the expertise of three seasoned spine specialists who can help users minimize post-operative complications. Page after page, readers will find step-by-step illustrated guidance on standard techniques as well as today's most advanced cervical spine procedures used extensively by the authors with great success. It features detailed discussion of the hottest topics in the field, including anterior cervical plasty transoral resection of the odontoid posterior C1-C2 techniques posterior lateral mass fixation and others.

Audience
Neurosurgeons, Neurosurgery Residents, Orthopedic Surgeons and Residents, Health Science Libraries

Contents
Preface
Foreword: Volker K.H. Sonntag, MD
Foreword: Richard G. Fessler, MD
Chapter I Bone Graft Techniques: Overview and Philosophy of Arthrodesis
Bone Graft Techniques
Common Pitfalls
Chapter II Transoral Odontoid Decompression
Operating Room Setup
Common Pitfalls
Chapter III Anterior Odontoid Screw Fixation
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter IV Anterior Cervical Approaches: Exposure and Releasing Techniques
Common Pitfalls
Chapter V Single-Level Discectomy
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter VI Multilevel Discectomy
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter VII Single-Level Corpectomy
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter VIII Multilevel Corpectomy
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter IX Special Situations: Anterior
C2-C3 Discectomy
Bicortical Purchase for Long-Segment Fixation
Reexploration Considerations
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter X Positioning and Exposure for Posterior Cervical Approaches
Common Pitfalls
Chapter XI Occipital-Cervical Fusion: Loop and Cable Technique
Loop and Cable Technique?Occipital-Cervical Fusion: Occiput to C2
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter XII Occipital-Cervical Fusion: Screw and Rod Technique
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter XIII Transarticular Screw Fixation
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter XIV Short- and Long-Segment Lateral Mass Fixation
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter XV Posterior Cable Techniques
Common Pitfalls
Chapter XVII Special Situations: Posterior
C2 Pars and Pedicle Screws
C1-C2 Screw Fixation Using C1 Lateral Mass Screws
Lower Cervical and Upper Thoracic Pedicle Screw Fixation
Cervicothoracic Fusion
Occipital and Cervicothoracic Fusion
Reexploration Considerations
Considerations for Combined Anterior-Posterior Cervical Fusion
Common Pitfalls
Postoperative Results
Chapter XVIII Future Technologies
Prestige LP Articficial Cervical Disc Replacement
Postoperative Results

Index

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 280 pages, publication date: JUL-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-9429-0
ISBN-10: 0-7216-9429-2
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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