Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization

1 Principles of Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization.- 1.1 Biomechanics of Lumbar Spine Instability.- 1.2 The Myth of Solid Posterior Lateral Fusion.- 1.3 Radiological Evidence of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.- 2 To Fuse or Not To Fuse.- Section I Determination of Segmental Instability.- 2.1 The Role of External Fixation as a Predictor of Fusion Success.- 2.2 Assessment of Segmental Spinal Instability Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- 2.3 Intraoperative Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stiffness.- Section II The Merits and Demerits of Lumbar Fusion.- 2.4 The Long-Term Effect of Lumbar Spine Fusion: Deterioration of Adjacent Motion Segments.- 2.5 A Critical Analysis of Motion of the Lumbar Spine Adjacent to an Interbody Fusion: A Clinical Radiological Study and Biomechanical Cadaveric Study.- 2.6 Anterior Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: The Long-Term Clinical Results.- 2.7 Clinical Results of Lumbar Fusion for Heavy Workers with Lumbar Disk Herniation.- Section III Multi-Segmental Spondylosis.- 2.8 Multi-Segmental Spondylosis: An Overview of Presentations at the Fifth International Conference on Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization.- 2.9 Patient Selection for Stabilization of Multisegmental Spondylosis.- 2.10 A Clinical Study of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis.- 2.11 Surgical Management of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis.- 2.12 Treatment of Multilevel Anterior and Retrolisthesis of the Lumbosacral Spine.- 2.13 Posterior Stabilization for Lumbar Degenerative Kyphosis: In Situ Fusion in Maximum Extension on Hall’s Frame.- 2.14 Operative Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Kyphosis.- 2.15 Non-Instrumentation Stabilization/Decompression Procedure for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Significance of Expansive Laminoplasty.- 3 Stabilization Methods.- 3.1 How to Stabilize theLumbar Spine: An Overview.- 3.2 Results of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lytic and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis.- 3.3 Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: With and Without Pedicle Screw Fixation.- 3.4 Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Combined Auto- and Allograft Technique.- 3.5 Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Allograft and Plates.- 3.6 Effects of Ceramic Interspinous Block on Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.- 3.7 Boucher Screw Fixation of the Spine: A Translaminar Pedicle Screw Technique.- 3.8 Reduction and Stabilization of High Grade Spondylolisthesis: A Study of 29 Patients Using a Posterior Approach.- 3.9 Lumbar Diskectomy, Facetectomy, and Laminectomy of L4-L5 and L5-S1 Levels: Experimental Approach and Biomechanical Consequences of Practical Application.- 4 Spinal Instrumentation.- Section I Biomechanics.- 4.1 Biomechanical Analysis of Lumbosacral Fixation.- 4.2 Comparative Study of Three Pedicle Screw Devices.- 4.3 Biomechanical Study of Pedicle Screw Fixation Systems for the Lumbar Spine.- Section II Pedicle Screw Systems.- 4.4 Lumbosacral Fusion with Pedicular Screw Plating Instrumentation: 10-year Follow-up Results.- 4.5 Simmons Plating System for Spinal Fusion Surgery.- 4.6 Stabilization of Spondylolisthesis: The Hartshill System.- 4.7 Lumbar Spinal Stabilization by the MOSS System.- 4.8 Internal Fixation of the Lumbar Spine: Further Clinical Experience Using Computer Assisted Design and Manufacture of a Precise System.- 4.9 Complications of Lumbar Spinal Surgery with Transpedicular Fixation.- 5 Bank Bone and Bone Graft Substitutes.- 5.1 Recent Trends in the Use of Bank Bone in Spinal Surgery: Replies to Questionnaires from the United States.- 5.2 Defatted, Gas-Sterilized Bone Allograft as Bank Bone: Preparation, Safety, and Utility for Lumbar Spine Surgery.- 5.3 A Titanium Implant for Interbody Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Disk Disease.- 5.4 Use of Hydroxyapatite Blocks in Posterior Interbody Fusion.- 5.5 A Carbon Fiber Implant to Aid Interbody Lumbar Fusion: 1-year Clinical Results in the First 26 Patients.- Keyword Index.