Spine Surgery Vivas for the FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Mr Kelechi Eseonu. BSc (Hons), MSc (Oxon), FRCS (Tr and Orth) Senior clinical fellow in spinal surgery, St Michaels Hospital, Canada Kelechi is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with a sub-speciality interest in Spinal Surgery. He obtained his primary medical qualification from the University of Edinburgh and was awarded a Masters’ degree in Musculoskeletal sciences from the University of Oxford. He is a council member of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) National Trainees Council and the British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS) trainees committee. He completed speciality training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, before completing his first fellowship in Spinal surgery at Guys and St Thomas Hospital, London 2: Mr Nicolas Beresford-Cleary MBChB, BEng, FRCS (Tr and Orth). Senior clinical fellow in Spinal Surgery at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada Nicolas is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with a sub-speciality interest in Spinal Surgery. He initially graduated in Mechanical Engineering from University College, London, before obtaining his Primary Medical Qualification from the University of Edinburgh. He completed Speciality Training in Orthopaedic Surgery in the Oxford Deanery before completing his first fellowship in Spinal Surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and John Radcliffe Hospitals, Oxford.

Preface. Trauma. Traumatic Occipito-Cervical Instability. Atlas Fracture. Odontoid Peg Fracture. Hangman’s Fracture (Bilateral C2 Pars Fracture). Subaxial C – Spinal Fracture. Cervical Facet Fracture/Dislocation. T12 Burst Fracture. L1 Burst Fracture with Kyphosis. Chance Fracture. Ankylosing Spondylitis Fracture. DISH (Forestier Disease) Fractures. Sacral Fractures. Neurogenic Shock. Spinal Shock. Transient Quadriplegia and Return to Sport. Degenerative Spinal Conditions. Cervical Radiculopathy. Cervical Myelopathy. Thoracic Disc. Lumbar Stenosis. Lumbar Stenosis with Achondroplasia. Synovial Cyst. Cauda Equina Syndrome. Adult Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. OPLL. Spinal Cord Injury. Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury. Central Cord Syndrome. Complete Spinal Cord Injury. Spinal Deformity. Adult Degenerative Scoliosis. Scheuermann’s Kyphosis. Spinal Osteotomy. Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis. Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Primary Tumours. Osteoid Osteoma. Schwannoma. Cervical Chordoma. Metastatic Spinal Tumours. Renal Metastasis. Myeloma. Lung Metastasis. Paediatric Spinal Surgery. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Neuromuscular Scoliosis. Paediatric Spondylolisthesis. Congenital Scoliosis. Infection. Epidural Abscess. Spinal Tuberculosis. Other Useful Cases. Atlantoaxial Subluxation in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Klippel Feil/Sprengel’s Deformity. Post-Operative Stridor. Epidural Haematoma. Spinal Cord Monitoring. Intervertebral Disc Anatomy. Things You Should Know! Index.