Unique resource from internationally renowned experts details the key role of sagittal spine balanceThrough evolution, human verticality became associated with a wide range of normal pelvic shapes and associated pelvic incidence angles (PIs). While all types of sagittal alignment generally provide adequate support to young adults, age, stress, and related degeneration can progressively lead to sagittal imbalance and contribute to various spinal pathologies.Sagittal Balance of the Spine by Pierre Roussouly, João Luiz Pinheiro-Franco, Hubert Labelle, Martin Gehrchen, and a cadre of esteemed international contributors focuses on the importance of sagittal alignment and spino-pelvic shape identification in clinical practice. Offering the most comprehensive text on sagittal balance to date, this state-of-the-art, richly illustrated book fills a void in the literature, offering clinical pearls throughout seven sections and 24 chapters.Key HighlightsThe biomechanics of sagittal balance including spine modeling, primary parameters, spinal curves segmentation, and lumbar lordosis classificationThe role of sagittal balance in low back pain and degeneration, with discussion of spinal orientation and the contact forces theory, spinal degeneration associated with spinopelvic morphotypes, and compensatory mechanismsComprehensive analysis of the relationship between sagittal imbalance and isthmic lysis spondylolisthesis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, Scheuermann's kyphosis, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, and adult scoliosisPosterior and anterior treatment approaches - from spinal fixation and spinal fusion - to spinal osteotomy techniques and management of surgical failureThis text is essential reading for every neurosurgical and orthopaedic resident, as well as veteran surgeons who evaluate and treat patients with spine conditi

Briefly describe the focus of this product. One of the hot topics in the spine world is the sagittal balance of the spine. What is it? Every human being has his/her own balance in the vertical axis, and for that, every human being has her/his own lordosis, the curve in the lower back. Humans are the only mammals who have the lordosis.Section One covers historical background. Section Two explains sagittal balance in detail -- biomechanics of sagittal balance, our center of gravity, balance parameters and curves, and relations between them. Section Three is normal values. Section Four is pathology of sagittal balance. Sections Five, Six, and Seven consist of chapters on major pathologies with thorough analysis of the sagittal balance in its development and treatment.Is there anything really outstanding that we should focus on when promoting it? Two things. First, the topic. This is the first stand along book on the topic in English. Second, Pierre Roussouly can be thought of at the father of sagittal balance. Maybe not exactly outstanding but worthy of note: Dr. Roussouly is French, Dr. Pinheiro-Franco is Brazilian, Dr. Labelle is Canadian, and Dr. Gehrchen is from Denmark.In one or two sentences, please explain this product's USP? Why did we do it in the first place? Sagital balance matters. Otherwise good surgeries fail because they do not restore sagittal balance. A book on the topic in the largest spine surgery book program makes sense.

I Introduction to Sagittal Balance1 Historical Background of Spinal Sagittal Balance2 The Acquisition of Human VerticalityII Biomechanics of Sagittal Balance3 From the Head to the Feet: Anatomy of the Upright Position4 Modeling of the Spine5 Sagittal Balance: The Main Parameters6 Spinal Curves Segmentation and Lumbar Lordosis ClassificationIII Normative Values Following Age and Populations7 Normative Values of Sagittal Balance in Children and Adults8 Sagittal Balance in the ElderlyIV The Sagittal Balance of the Spine in Pathology9 Local Stresses: Segmental Mechanism of Low Back Pain and Degeneration, and Stresses According to Spinal Orientation—Contact Forces Theory10 Mechanisms of Spinal Degeneration According to Spinopelvic Morphotypes11 Sagittal Imbalance Compensatory MechanismsV The Non Scoliotic Spine12 Isthmic Lytic Spondylolisthesis—The Physiopathology, Classification, and Treatment Better Explained by the Sagittal Balance13 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Does the Sagittal Balance Matter?14 The Degenerative Aging Spine: A Challenge for Contemporaneous Societies15 Scheuermann's Kyphosis16 Cervical Sagittal Alignment and Cervicarthrosis17 Advantages and Limitations of the SRS-Schwab Classification for Adult Spinal DeformityVI Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)18 Specificities in Growing Spine19 Sagittal Balance Incidence on Treatment Strategy in AISVII Adult Scoliosis (AS)20 From Pathological to Normal Shapes in Adult Scoliosis21 Sagittal Balance Treatment Strategy in a Posterior Approach22 Adult Scoliosis Treatment with an Anterior Approach23 Techniques for Spine Osteotomies and Clinical Applications24 Surgical Failures Mechanisms and Their Treatment