The Management of Disorders of the Child’s Cervical Spine

Jonathan Phillips, MD, Attending Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Associate Professor of Orthopedics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA Suken A. Shah, MD, Division Chief, Spine and Scoliosis Center, Clinical Fellowship Director, Department of Orthopedics, Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA USA Burt Yaszay, MD, Attending Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Rady's Children's Hospital, Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedics, University of California (San Diego), San Diego, CA, USA Daniel Hedequist, MD, Attending Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Children's Hospital Boston, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Embryology and Anatomy of the Child’s Cervical Spine.- Biomechanics of the Growing Cervical Spine.- Pathology Of the Child’s Cervical Spine and Its Clinical Implications.- Radiology of the Growing Cervical Spine.- Clinical Presentation And Physical Examination Of Children With Cervical Spine Disorders .- Pediatric and Adolescent Cervical Spine Trauma.- Infections and Inflammatory Conditions of the Pediatric Cervical Spine.- Tumors of the Cervical Spine.- Congenital Disorders of the Child’s Cervical Spine.- Dysplasias in the Child’s Cervical Spine.- Congenital Muscular Torticollis.- Cervical Spine Injuries in Athletes.- Medical and Rehabilitative Techniques in Cervical Disorders of the Child.- Surgical Approaches to the Child’s Cervical Spine.- Spinal Cord Monitoring in Pediatric Cervical Spine Surgery.- External Immobilization of the Child’s Cervical Spine.- Posterior Cervical Arthrodesis in Children.- Anterior Cervical Arthrodesis in Children.- Anterior Transoral Approaches to the Upper Cervical Spine in Children.- Chiari  Malformations and Foramen Magnum Stenosis.-  Miscellaneous Conditions of the Head and Neck in Infants and Children.- Complication Types and Rates in Pediatric Cervical Spine Surgery.