Modern Anterior Scoliosis Surgery

Basic Considerations Biomechanics of Scoliosis Deformities; Thomas R. Haher, MD, Bryan Andrew Castro, MD, MS, Cathy Lee, MD, and Andrew A. Merola, MD Biomechanics of Anterior Column Support; David W. Polly, Jr., MD, William R. Klemme, MD, Timothy R. Kuklo, MD, Philip J. Belmont, Jr., MD, and Bryan W. Cunningham, MSc Anterior Column Support: Mesh Versus Graft; Thomas G. Lowe, MD The Lenke Treatment-Directed Classification System for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis; Lawrence G. Lenke, MD, Randal R. Betz, MD, and Juergen Harms, MD Radiographic Scoring System for Scoliosis; Randal R. Betz, MD, and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Spinal Cord Monitoring; Anne M. Padberg, MS, CCC-A Pulmonary Considerations; Ravishankar Vedantam, MD, and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Nutritional Considerations; Robert W. Molinari, MD Preparing the Patient and Family: A Nursing Perspective; Kathy Blanke, RN, Christine Baldus, RN, BSN, and Joetta Whorton, RN Performance Measures in Scoliosis Surgery; Jack R. Engsberg, PhD, and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Complications of Anterior Spine Surgery; Michael F. O'Brien, MD, and Arthur F. Jones, MD, MBA Complications in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis; Rohinton Balsara, MD, David H. Clements III, MD, and Randal R. Betz, MD Complications in Adult Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis; S. Tim Yoon, MD, PhD, and Howard S. An, MD Patient Health Outcomes; Andrew A. Merola, MD, Steven Enguidanos, MD, Thomas R. Haher, MD, Bryan Andrew Castro, MD, MS, Tae Shin, MD, and John Gorup, MD Surgical Approaches Anterior Approach Single Thoracotomy; Yongjung J. Kim, MD, and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Double Anterior Thoracotomy; Rohinton Balsara, MD, and Randal R. Betz, MD Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Retroperitoneal Anterior Approach; Daniel E. Gelb, MD Anterior Kyphoscoliosis Surgery: Release and Strut Grafts; Serena S. Hu, MD, Arash Emami, MD, and John M. Rhee, MD Posterior Approach Limits of Anterior Scoliosis Surgery: When Is the Posterior Approach the Better Option? Keith H. Bridwell, MD Anterior Hemivertebra Resection through a Posterior Approach; Michael Ruf, MD, and Juergen Harms, MD Anterior Decancellation Procedures for Scoliosis with Sagittal Imbalance; Keith H. Bridwell, MD Vertebral Column Resection for Management of Fixed Coronal Decompensation; Sigurd Berven, MD, and David S. Bradford, MD Operative Procedures Overview and Indications for Anterior Instrumentation; Randal R. Betz, MD, Donald P. K. Chan, MD, and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Discectomy and Fusion; Yongjung J. Kim, MD, and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Instrumentation Systems and Techniques The Zielke Threaded Rod: Anterior Applications; Johannes P. Giehl, MD The Zielke Threaded Rod: Thoracolumbar/Lumbar Applications; Johannes P. Giehl, MD MOSS-Miami Single Solid Rod; Randal R. Betz, MD TSRH Single Solid Rod; Charles E. Johnston II, MD Anterior Single-Rod CD Horizon Instrumentation for Scoliosis; Lawrence G. Lenke, MD, and Fred A. Sweet, MD Combined Threaded Solid-Rod (Halm-Zielke) Instrumentation; Henry F. H. Halm, MD, PhD Kaneda Dual Solid-Rod System (KASS); Kiyoshi Kaneda, MD, PhD, and Yasuhiro Shono, MD, PhD KASS Treatment of Single Curve Scoliosis: 214 Cases from 10 Surgeons; Robert W. Gaines, Jr., MD Anterior Treatment of Scoliosis Using the CD Horizon Legacy Dual-Rod Spinal System; Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Minimally Invasive Surgery Thoracoscopic Anterior Release and Fusion; Peter O. Newton, MD Thoracoscopic Insertion of Moss Instrumentation; David H. Clements III, MD, Randal R. Betz, MD, and Rohinton Balsara, MD Thoracoscopic Insertion of CD Eclipse Instrumentation; Ronald G. Blackman, MD, and Eduardo R. Luque, MD Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Minimally Invasive Instrumented Techniques; George D. Picetti III, MD, and Hans-Ulrich Bueff, MD Other Pathologic Conditions Surgery for Infantile and Juvenile Scoliosis, Including Thoracoscopic Indications; Alvin H. Crawford, MD, Eric J. Wall, MD, Moises Kaweblum, MD, and Randall K. Wolf, MD Anterior Scoliosis Surgery in Cerebral Palsy; John P. Lubicky, MD Congenital Scoliosis; Reinhard D. Zeller, MD Spinal Muscular Atrophy; Vishal Sarwahi, MD, and John F. Sarwark, MD Marfan Syndrome; Paul D. Sponseller, MD, and Gurkan Erkula, MD Neurofibromatosis; Keith R. Gabriel, MD Myelomeningocele; Douglas A. Linville, MD, and Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Halo Traction Following Anterior Release and Fusion for Severe Scoliosis; Lawrence G. Lenke, MD, and Anthony S. Rinella, MD Adult Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis; Lynn J. Letko, MD, and Juergen Harms, MD New Frontiers Anterior Vertebral Osteotomies to Correct Lumbar Scoliosis without Fusion; William P. Didelot, MD, Thomas F. Kling, Jr., MD, and Richard E. Lindseth, MD The Future of Anterior Scoliosis Surgery; Lawrence G. Lenke, MD