Decision Making in Spinal Care

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA

I Cervical Trauma

1 Occipito-Atlantal Injuries

2 C1 Ring Fractures

3 Atlanto-Axial Instability

4 Odontoid Fractures

5 Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis (Hangman's Fracture)

6 Flexion-Compression Injuries of the Cervical Spine

7 Cervical Distraction-Extension Injuries

8 Cervical Facet Dislocations

9 Cervicothoracic Fractures and Dislocations

10 Facet Fractures

II Thoracolumbar Trauma

11 Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebral Compression Fractures

12 Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

13 Thoracolumbar Flexion-Distraction Injuries

14 Thoracolumbar Fracture Dislocations

15 Sacral Fractures

16 Thoracolumbar Distraction-Extension Injuries

III Cervical Degenerative/Metabolic Disease

17 Cervical Disk Degeneration

18 Cervical Radiculopathy

19 Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior Approach

20 Cervical Myelopathy: Posterior Approach

21 Cervical Kyphosis

22 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

23 Cervical Whiplash

24 Cervical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Injections and Procedures

IV Thoracic Degenerative/Metabolic Disease

25 Ankylosing Spondylitis

26 Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

27 Thoracic Disk Herniation

V Lumbar Degenerative/Metabolic Disease

28 Lumbar Disk Disease and Low Back Pain

29 Lumbar Radiculopathy

30 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

31 Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

32 Degenerative Scoliosis

33 Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis

34 Failed Back Syndromes

35 Lumbar Injections and Procedures

VI Scoliosis

36 Congenital Scoliosis

37 Infantile Scoliosis

38 Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis

39 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

40 Neuromuscular Scoliosis

41 Adult Scoliosis

VII Kyphosis

42 Scheuermann Disease

43 Post-Traumatic Thoracolumbar Kyphosis

44 Corrective Osteotomies for Kyphosis

VIII Spondylolisthesis

45 High-Grade Spondylolisthesis

IX Spinal Tumors

46 Primary Spinal Tumors

47 Metastatic Spinal Tumors

48 Classification, Staging, and Management of Spinal Tumors

X Spinal Infections and Inflammatory Disease

49 Pyogenic Infections of the Spine

50 Atypical Infections of the Spine: Tuberculosis and Fungal

51 Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine

XI Osteoporosis

52 Medical Management of Spinal Osteoporosis

53 Surgical Treatment of the Osteopenic Patient

54 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

XII Minimally Invasive Surgery

55 Minimally Invasive Anterior Cervical Approaches

56 Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Approaches

57 Thoracoscopy

58 Lumbar Laparoscopy

59 Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery

60 Computer-Assisted Spinal Surgery

XIII Non-Fusion Techniques

61 Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment

62 Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty

63 Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty of the Lumbar Spine

64 Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion Devices

XIV Spinal Imaging

65 Imaging for Back Pain and Spinal Infection

66 Spinal Imaging for Pseudarthrosis

XV Spinal Monitoring

67 Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Spine Surgery

XVI Miscellaneous Topics

68 Spinal Cord Stimulators for Back Pain

69 Spinal Cord Stimulators for Extremity Pain

70 Bone Graft Substitutes/Biologics

71 Bracing and Orthoses

72 Penetrating Injuries to the Spine

73 Spine Emergencies