Surgical Anatomy and Techniques to the Spine

Dr. Vaccaro has served as the president of Rothman Orthopaedics since 2014 and is the Richard H. Rothman Professor and Chairman in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the recipient of the Leon Wiltse award given for excellence in leadership and clinical research for spine care by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and is the past President of Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), the American Spinal Injury Association and the Association for Collaborative Spine Research. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors. He has over 900 peer-reviewed and 200 non-peer reviewed publications. He has published over 372 book chapters and is the editor of over 63 textbooks and co-editor of OKU-Spine I and editor of OKU-8. Dr. Vaccaro also serves as Co-Director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley.

SECTION A

Craniovertebral Junction and Upper Cervical Spine

1 Surgical Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Craniovertebral Junction

2 Transoral Approach to the Craniocervical Junction and Upper Cervical Spine

3 Transmaxillary and Transmandibular Approaches to the Clivus and Upper Cervical Spine

4 High Cervical Retropharyngeal Approach to the Craniocervical Junction

5 Approaches to the Craniocervical Junction: Posterior and Lateral Approaches

6 Posterior and Far-Lateral Approaches to the Craniovertebral Junction: Lateral Transcondylar Approach

7 Endoscopic Approaches to the CraniovertebralJunction

8 Surgical Approaches to Craniovertebral Junction Congenital Malformations, Chiari Malformations, and Cranial Settling (Invagination)

9 Surgical Approaches to the Craniovertebral Junction in Rheumatoid Arthritis

10 Craniovertebral Junction Instabilities and Surgical Fixation Techniques

11 Odontoid Fractures and Screw Fixation

12 C1-C2 Trauma Injuries and Stabilization Techniques

SECTION B

Mid and Lower Cervical Spine

13 Surgical Anatomy and Biomechanics in the Mid and Lower Cervical Spine

14 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion

15 Endoscopic Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy (Jho Procedure)

16 Anterior and Posterior Endoscopic Approaches to the Cervical Spine

17 Cervical Corpectomy, Fusion, and Vertebral Restoration Techniques

18 Anterior Cervical Instrumentation Techniques

19 Cervical Disk Arthroplasty Techniques

20 Cervical Microforaminotomy and Decompressive Laminectomy

21 Cervical Laminoplasty

22 Posterior Cervical Stabilization Techniques: Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation, Lateral Mass Screw Fixation, and Wiring

23 Facet Dislocation Injuries and Surgical Management

24 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

SECTION C

Cervicothoracic Junction and Thoracic Spine

25 Surgical Anatomy and Biomechanics in the Cervicothoracic Junction and Thoracic Spine

26 Anterior Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction

27 Posterolateral Approaches to the Cervicothoracic Junction: Transpedicular, Costotransversectomy, Lateral Extracavitary, and Parascapular Extrapleural Approaches

28 Anterolateral Transthoracic Approaches to the Thoracic Spine

29 Anterior and Posterior Cervicothoracic Junction Stabilization Techniques

30 Thoracic Microdiskectomy: Lateral and Posterolateral Approaches

31 Thoracoscopic and Posterior Endoscopic Approaches to the Thoracic Spine

32 Surgical Decompression and Stabilization Techniques in Thoracic Trauma

33 Surgical Approaches to Thoracic Primary and Secondary Tumors

SECTION D

Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spines

34 Surgical Anatomy and Posterior Approach to the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine

35 Thoracoabdominal Approach to the Thoracolumbar Junction

36 Surgical Stabilization Techniques for Thoracolumbar Fractures

37 Anterior Retroperitoneal Approach to the Lumbar Spine

38 Posterior and Posterolateral Approaches to the Lumbar Spine

39 Surgical Approaches to Lumbar Fractures

40 Surgical Decompression and Stabilization for Lumbar Lesions: Osteomyelitis

and Tumors

41 Lumbar Microdiskectomy: Midline Open and Far-Lateral Techniques

42 Percutaneous and Endoscopic Diskectomy

43 Surgical Anatomy and Operative Techniques of Lumbar Stenosis

44 Transpedicular Screw Fixation: Open and Percutaneous Techniques

45 Posterior and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

46 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

47 Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion

48 Spondylolisthesis Reduction

49 Lumbar Facet Screw Fixation Techniques

SECTION E

Lumbar Sacral Pelvic Junction

50 Surgical Anatomy, Approaches, and Biomechanics in the Lumbosacral Pelvic Junction

51 Surgical Management of Sacral Fractures

52 Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion

53 Sacral Screw Fixation and Plating Techniques

54 Iliac Fixation

55 Surgical Resection of Sacral Tumors/Sacrectomy and Lumbopelvic Reconstruction

SECTION F

Spinal Deformity

56 Surgical Approaches to Cervical Kyphosis and Deformity

57 Surgical Management of Scheuermann Kyphosis

58 Surgical Approach to Posttraumatic Thoracic Kyphosis

59 Anterior Release and Fusion Techniques for Scoliosis

60 Anterior and Posterior Treatment for Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Scoliosis

61 Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Lenke Curve Types 1 Through 6

62 Surgical Treatment of Flat Back Deformity

63 Surgical Management of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis

SECTION G

Spinal Tumors and Vascular Lesions

64 Primary Malignant and Benign Tumors of the Spine

65 Secondary Metastatic Tumors of the Spine

66 Surgical Technique for Resection of Intradural Tumors

67 Vascular Lesions of the Spinal Cord

SECTION H

Inflammatory Disease

68 Ankylosing Spondylitis: Posterior Approaches (Osteotomy) to the Cervical and Lumbar Spine in the Management of a Fixed Sagittal Plane Deformity

SECTION I

Spinal Infection

69 Bacterial, Fungal, and Tuberculosis Diskitis and Osteomyelitis of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine

SECTION J

Miscellaneous

70 Surgical Management of Gunshot Wounds to the Spine

71 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

72 Bone Graft Harvesting Techniques

73 Dural Tears