Albert Todd J., Lee Joon Yung, Lim Moe R. (eds.) Cervical Spine Surgery Challenges: Diagnosis and Management

Thieme, 2008. — 259 p. — ISBN: 978-3-13-142551-5Cervical Spine Surgery Challenges: Diagnosis and Management is a practical reference for surgeons treating patients with the full range of cervical spine disorders, including degenerative spine conditions, neoplasms, inflammatory conditions, infectious conditions, trauma, and deformities. Leading experts in the field of spine surgery present their clinical expertise, providing concise descriptions of the clinical presentation, history and examination, imaging, diagnosis, indications, preferred method of treatment, alternate treatment options, postoperative management, and complications.Degenerative Conditions
Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Anterior Cervical Approach
Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Posterior Cervical Approach
Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis: Anterior Approach
Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis: Posterior Approach
Failed Anterior Cervical Fusion
Failed Dorsal Cervical Fusion
Adjacent Level Degeneration
Soft Disk Herniation: Anterior versus Posterior Approaches
Neoplasms
Primary Osseous Tumors of the Cervical Spine
Metastatic Tumors of the Cervical Spine
Intramedullary and Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
Inflammatory Conditions
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Occiput?C1?C2
Subaxial Subluxation of the Rheumatoid Cervical Spine
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Cervicothoracic Osteotomy
Infectious Conditions
Cervical Epidural Abscess
Cervical Osteomyelitis
Trauma
Central Cord Syndrome
Unilateral and Bilateral Facet Dislocations
Cervical Burst Fracture
Traumatic Spondyloptosis of the Cervical Spine
Cervical Fractures in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Cervical Fractures in Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Acute Odontoid Fractures Sameer
Odontoid Fracture Nonunion
C1 Ring Fractures
Cervicocranial Injuries
Deformity
Postlaminectomy Kyphosis
Miscellaneous
Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Syringomyelia
Dural Tears in the Cervical Spine
Motion-Sparing Technology
Minimally Invasive Techniques