An updated edition of the most comprehensive guide to spine surgery

I Anatomy1 Embryology of the Spine2 Craniovertebral Junction3 Cervical Spine4 Thoracic Spine5 Lumbar Spine6 Sacral-Iliac SpineII Clinical Spine Surgery7 Physical Examination8 Spinal Imaging9 Radiation Exposure in Spine Surgery10 Electrodiagnostic Testing in Spine Surgery11 Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Spine Surgery12 Bedside Procedures13 Pharmacology14 Radiation Therapy in Spine Surgery15 Spinal Radiosurgery Therapy16 Spinal Navigation17 Spine BiologicsIII Spinal Pathology18 Congenital Anomalies19 Cervical Trauma20 Thoracolumbar Trauma21 Sacropelvic Trauma22 Infection23 Spinal Column and Spinal Cord Tumors24 Cervical and Thoracic Spine Degenerative Disease25 Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease26 Congenital and Neuromuscular Scoliosis27 Scheuermann's Kyphosis28 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis29 Adult Degenerative Deformity30 Radiographic Parameters of Spinal Deformity31 Vascular Pathology of the Spine32 Spondyloarthropathies33 Spinal EmergenciesIV Surgical Techniques34 Occipitocervical Fusion35 Chiari I Decompression36 Transoral Odontoidectomy37 C1-C2 Techniques38 Direct Fixation of Odontoid Fractures39 Cervical Arthroplasty40 Anterior Cervical Corpectomy41 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy42 Cervical Laminectomy with and without Fusion43 Cervical Laminoplasty44 Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy45 Cervical Open Reduction Techniques: Anterior and Posterior Approaches46 Anterior Cervical-Thoracic Junction Technique47 Freehand Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement Technique48 Transpedicular Approach49 Costotransversectomy50 Lateral Extracavitary Approach51 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy/Smith-Petersen Osteotomy52 Thoracoscopic Approaches to the Spine53 Lateral Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine54 Open and Minimally Invasive Spinal Lumbar Microdiskectomy55 Lumbar Foraminotomy56 Posterolateral Endoscopic Diskectomy57 Lumbar Laminectomy58 Posterior and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion59 Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion60 Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement61 Minimally Invasive Lateral Retroperitoneal Transpsoas Interbody Fusion62 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion63 Facet Screw Fixation/Fusion64 Interspinous Process Decompression65 Lumbar Arthroplasty66 Lumbosacroiliac Fixation67 Iliosacral Percutaneous Fixation (Iliosacral Screws)68 Sacroiliac Joint Fusion69 Sacrectomy70 Vertebral Body Augmentation71 Spinal Cord Tumor Resection72 Surgical Resection of Spinal Vascular LesionsAppendicesI PositioningII Selected Spinal OrthosesIII Outcome Scales