With more than 80 complex spine surgery cases and its streamlined case example format, this is an ideal clinical reference for the professional practice. The authors outline the patient presentation, radiologic findings, diagnosis, and treatment, followed by a discussion, to help you quickly master the thinking behind planning complicated spinal procedures. Highlights: Organizes cases in an easy-to-follow manner perfect for the busy practitioner and resident Covers challenging cases arising from a broad spectrum of causes, including traumatic, inflammatory, neoplastic, infectious, and degenerative Includes more than 180 images and illustrations, such as MRI and CT scans, myelograms, angiograms, x-rays, and intraoperative photographs Discusses the technologies pertaining to bone morphogenetic protein and percutaneous spine surgery to help the clinician remain at the forefront of the spine field Covers surgical treatments of unusual disorders, including Klippel-Feil syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, dysplasia, arachnoiditis, ankylosing hyperostosis of Forestier and Rotes-Querol, thoracic arteriovenous fistula, and achondroplasia This text is a must for orthopaedic surgeons, spine fellows, neurosurgeons, neurologists, pain management specialists, and residents seeking the most up-to-date information and the underlying principles in the most demanding cases in spine surgery.

Table of Contents:
PART I: TRAUMA 1 Odontoid Fracture Type 1 2 Transodontoid Screw for Type II Odontoid Fracture 3 Nonunion of a Type II Odontoid Fracture 4 Atlantoaxial instability 5 Bilateral locked facets 6 Cervical kyphosis 7 Spinal Trauma 8 Ankylosing spondylitis 9 Esophageal injury 10 Traumatic thoracic fracture 11 Lumbar fracture 12 Burst Fracture 13 Traumatic lumbar fracture 14 Multiple burst fractures 15 Sacral fracture 16 Atlantooccipital dislocation PART II: INFLAMMATORY 17 Cranial settling 18 Rheumatoid arthritis 19 Rheumatoid patient with ventral cord compression 20 Rheumatoid arthritis with instability PART III: DEGENERATIVE Section A - Cervical 21 Percutaneous cervical decompression 22 Cervical cages 23 Cervical Spondylitic Disease 24 Multilevel ACDF 25 Hardware failure 26 Postoperative kyphosis 27 Multilevel cervical stenosis 28 Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) 29 Cervical myelopathy 30 Cervical hardware failure 31 Central cord with osteoporosis 32 Pseudomeningocele 33 Angioedema Section B - Thoracic 34 Thoracic disc 35 Syrinx 36 Transverse myelitis Section C- Lumbar 37 Discogenic back pain 38 Adjacent segment disease 39 Motion preservation technology 40 Percutaneous lumbar laminotomies and foraminotomies 41 Large disc herniation treated percutaneously 42 Segmental instability 43 Lumbar instability and radiculopathy 44 Foot drop 45 Pars defect 46 High-grade spondylolisthesis 47 Multilevel posterior lumbar interbody fusion 48 Bone morphogenetic protein 49 Degenerative scoliosis 50 Nerve root impingement by pedicle screw 51 Lumbar scoliosis 52 Degenerative lumbar spine disease with segmental instability 53 Lumbar nonunion 54 Mechanical back with previous posterior fusion 55 Osteoporosis PART IV - NEOPLASM 56 Metastatic lesion 57 Plasmacytoma with post embolization swelling. 58 Thoracic tumor 59 Thoracolumbar instrumentation failure 60 Thoracic Screw Misplacement 61 Recurrent Giant Cell Tumor 62 Lumbosacral giant cell tumor with segmental instability 63 Large upper cervical nerve sheath tumor 64 Benign thoracic tumor 65 Spinal tumor 66 Lumbar Schwannoma 67 Metastatic spinal cord lesion 68 Sacral Lesion 69 Recurrent sacral tumor PART V - INFECTION 70 Spinal epidural abscess 71 Thoracic osteomyelitis 72 Potts disease 73 Intramedullary cervical lesion PART VI - CONGENITAL 74 Klippel-Feil 75 Klippel Feil syndrome 76 Cervical rib 77 Ankylosing hyperostosis of Forestier and Rotes-Querol 78 Fibrous Dysplasia 79 Diastematomyelia 80 Spinal teratoma 81 Congenital abnormality of the spine 82 Thoracic arteriovenous fistula 83 Arachnoid cyst 84 Achondroplasia 85 Arachnoiditis 86 Spinal deformity 87 Tethered Cord