Surgery of the Pediatric Spine

Chairman, Orthopedic Surgery Department, Rady Childrens Hospital and Health Center; Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California - San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

I Development and Clinical Aspects of the Pediatric Spine

1 Neural and Vertebral Column Embryogenesis

2 Biomechanics of the Pediatric Spine

3 Neuroimaging of the Spine and Spinal Neuraxis in Childhood

4 Clinical and Preoperative Evaluation of Pediatric Spinal Disorders

5 Anesthesia for Pediatric Spine Surgery

6 Neurophysiological Monitoring during Pediatric Spine Surgery

II Surgical Anatomy and Approaches to the Spine and Spinal Cord

7 Neuroanatomy of the Spinal Cord

8 Cervical Anatomy and Surgical Approaches

9 Thoracic and Lumbar Anatomy and Surgical Approaches

10 Lumbosacral Junction and Pelvic Anatomy and Surgical Approaches

III Congenital Anomalies and Developmental Disorders

11 Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies

12 Chiari Malformations and Syringomyelia

13 Open Dysraphism: Myelomeningoceles

14 Occult Spinal Dysraphism: Lipomyelomeningoceles

15 Dermal Sinus

16 Split Cord Malformations

17 Tethered Cord Syndrome

18 Lumbar Disk Herniations

19 Congenital and Developmental Spinal Stenosis

20 Spondylolysis and Spondylolithesis

IV Neoplasms

21 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

22 Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

23 Neurofibromatosis

24 Benign Primary Tumors of the Spine

25 Malignant and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine

V Vascular Malformations of the Pediatric Spine

26 Vascular Malformations of the Spinal Cord

27 Spinal Arteriovenous Fistulas

28 Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformations

VI Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases of the Pediatric Spine

29 Inflammatory Diseases of the Spine: Ankylosing Spondylitis

30 Inflammatory Diseases of the Spine: Juvenie Rheumatoid Arthritis

31 Spinal Infection

32 Spinal Tuberculosis

VII Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease and Spinal Deformity

33 Neuromuscular Spinal Deformity and Treatment

34 Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy and Treatment of Childhood Spasticity

35 Muscular Dystrophy

36 Spinal Deformity in Cerebral Palsy

37 Poliomyelitis Scoliosis

38 Spinal Deformity in Myelomeningocele

VIII Pediatric Spinal Trauma and Surgical Management

39 Spinal Cord Injury in Children: Evaluation and Early Treatment Principles

40 Cervical Spine Trauma in Children, Including Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality

41 Pediatric Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma

42 Injury Modulation and Spinal Cord Regeneration

IX Pediatric Spinal Deformities and Treatment

43 Congenital Scoliosis

44 Congential Kyphosis

45 Spinal Deformity Secondary to Dysplasias and Other Diseases

46 Infantile and Juvenile Scoliosis

47 Nonsurgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

48 Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

X Special Techniques for Treatment of Spine Deformity

49 Nonsurgical Treatment of Spinal Deformities

50 Pediatric Occipital Cervical Instrumentation

51 Pediatric Anterior Cervical Instrumentation

52 Pediatric Instrumentation of the Posterior Subaxial Spine

53 Decision Making on Anterior versus Posterior versus Combined Approaches for Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis

54 Posterior Instrumentation for Thoracic, Thoracolumbar, and Lumbar Scoliosis

55 Scheuermann Disease

56 Anterior Instrumentation for Thoracic, Thoracolumbar, and Lumbar Spine

57 Endoscopic and Mini-Open Treatment Techniques for Idiopathic Scoliosis

58 Thorascopic Anterior Release and Fusion in the Prone Position

59 Osteotomies for Correction of Pediatric Spine Deformities

60 Vertebrectomy and Posterior Substraction Osteotomies for Correction of Severe Thoracic and Lumbar Spinal Deformity

61 Sacropelvic Fixation

62 Operative Management of High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Techniques for Deformity Reduction

63 Treatment of Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome Associated with Exotic Scoliosis with VEPTR Expansion Thoracoplasty

64 Growing Rod Technique for the Treatment of Progressive Early-Onset Scoliosis in Fusionless Surgery for Spine Deformity

65 Indications for Revision Surgery in the Field of Pediatric Spinal Problems

XI Rehabilitation

66 Rehabilitation of Children with Spinal Cord Injury