The Textbook of Spinal Surgery

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Preoperative Nursing Care Perioperative and Postoperative Nursing Care for the Spinal Surgery Patient Preoperative and Postoperative Anesthetic Considerations for the Spinal Surgery Patient Monitoring During Surgery for Spinal Deformities Nerve Root Monitoring Intraoperative Spinal Cord Monitoring with Motor Evoked Potentials Elicited by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Somatosensory Evoked Potentials for Spinal Cord Monitoring Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Adult Spinal Deformity Patient Implications of Malnutrition in the Surgical Patient Pulmonary Evaluation of the Patient with Spinal Deformity Basic Techniques of Posterior Segmental Spine Internal Fixation BIOMECHANICS General Considerations, Evaluation, and Testing Principles of Load Sharing Biomechanics of Cervical Spine Instrumentation Biomechanics of Three-Dimensional Scoliosis Correction ANATOMIC APPROACHES Normal Spinal Anatomy: Normal Sagittal Plane Alignment Posterior and Posterolateral Approaches to the Spine Anterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine Anterior Retropharyngeal Approach to the Upper Cervical Spine The Modified Anterior Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction A Combined Cervical and Thoracic Anterior Approach to the Spine Anterior Exposure of the Thoracolumbar Spine Anterior Lumbar Approaches to the Spine Paramedian Retroperitoneal Approach to the Anterior Lumbar Spine DYSPLASTIC/CONGENITAL DEFORMITY Dysplastic Scoliosis: Neurofibromatosis Marfan's Spinal Pathology Spinal Deformity in Skeletal Dysplasia Conditions The Spine in Osteogenesis Imperfecta Spinal Deformity in Familial Dysautonomia Congenital Scoliosis Congenital Intraspinal Anomalies: Spinal Dysraphism -- Embryology, Pathology, and Treatment Infantile and Juvenile Scoliosis ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis: Indications and Expectations Thoracoplasty: Posterior Technique Thoracoplasty: Anterior Technique The Role of Harrington Rods and Wisconsin Wires in Idiopathic Scoliosis Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation in the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis TSRH Universal Spine Instrumentation Isola Spinal Instrumentation System for Scoliosis Ventral Correction of Thoracic Scoliosis Anterior Zielke Instrumentation in Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Curves Kaneda Anterior Multisegmental Instrumentation -- Two-Rod System for the Treatment of Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Scoliotic Curvatures Short Segment Anterior Instrumentation for Thoracolumbar Scoliosis Moss Miami Instrumentation Paragon Spinal Instrumentation ADULT SCOLIOSIS AND RELATED DEFORMITIES Adult Scoliosis: The Thoracic Spine Adult Scoliosis: The Lumbar Spine Degenerative Scoliosis Complications and Revision Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity Osteotomies for Fixed Deformities in the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine PARALYTIC DEFORMITY Paralytic Scoliosis The Treatment of Flaccid Neuromuscular Scoliosis Spinal Deformity in Myelomeningocele Cotrel-Dubousset Instrumentation for Paralytic Neuromuscular Spinal Deformitie