Surgical Techniques for the Spine Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Contributors
1	Occipitocervical Junction: Decompression and Fusion	3
2	Anterior Odontoid Resection	10
3	Odontoid Fixation	16
4	C1-C2 Fusion (Posterior Screw Fixation)	23
5	Far Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine	27
6	Anterior Cervical Corpectomy	29
7	Multiple-Level Cervical Vertebrectomy (Corpectomy) and Stabilization Using Cortical Bone	36
8	Cervical Laminoplasty	40
9	Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion	44
10	Open Door Laminoplasty for the Treatment of Cervical Spondylolytic Myelopathy	47
11	Posterior Wiring Techniques of the Spine	52
12	Posterior Cervical Plating Techniques	62
13	Anterior Cervical Disc Surgery: Technical Challenges	66
14	Revision Disc Surgery: Technical Challenges	69
15	Cervical Thoracic Fixation Techniques	72
16	Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures	79
17	Thoracic Pedicle Screws: Pedicular Approach	86
18	Extrapedicular Screw Placement in the Thoracic Spine	91
19	Thoracic Disc Disease: Retropleural Approach	94
20	Vertebral Corpectomy for Thoracic Tumor or Infection	97
21	Posterior Techniques for Thoracic Disc Disorders	101
22	Posterior Column Shortening for Scheuermann's Kyphosis: An Innovative One-Stage Technique	107
23	Anterior Release and Posterior Instrumentation and Fusion for Scheuermann's Kyphosis	114
24	A New Classification System of Adolescent Diopathic Scoliosis	118
25	Anterior Correction and Instrumentation for Thoracic Scoliosis	122
26	Concave Thoracoplasty for Stiff Thoracic Scoliosis	128
27	Convex Thoracoplasty	131
28	Anterior Thoracoplasty	135
29	Anterior Correction of Thoracic Scoliosis Using the Kaneda Anterior Scoliosis System (KASS)	140
30	Posterior Scoliosis Correction of King II Curves: Hooks and Rods	145
31	Posterior Scoliosis Correction: Double Major Curves	153
32	Posterior Scoliosis Correction: King Type V/ Double Thoracic Curves	156
33	Posterior Scoliosis Correction: Pedicle Screws	159
34	Anterior Thoracoscopic Release for Spinal Deformity	165
35	The Accordion Procedure for Management of Rigid Thoracic Scoliosis	169
36	Correction of Neuromuscular Pelvic Obliquity: the Domino Technique	173
37	Thoracic Vertebrectomy for Congenital Deformity	175
38	Prevention and Treatment of the Crankshaft Phenomenon	179
39	Thoracic Scoliosis: Vertebral Resection	182
40	Technique of Sublaminar Wire Passage	186
41	Hook Patterns for the Preservation of Lumber Lordosis	195
42	Apical Overcorrection and Lordosis Reconstruction of Thoracolumbar Idiopathic Scoliosis	198
43	Microdiscectomy	200
44	Far Lateral Discectomy	205
45	En-Bloc ("Trap-Door") Laminectomy of the Lumbar Spine	208
46	Lumbar Pedicle Fixation	212
47	Lumbar Corpectomy	218
48	Smith-Peterson-Type Osteotomy	222
49	Osteotomy for Ankylosing Spondylitis	227
50	Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy	233
51	Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion	237
52	Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	242
53	Total Lumbar Disc Replacement Using the SB III Charite Prosthesis	245
54	Anterior and Posterior Decompression and Stabilization in Patients with Metastatic Disease Using the Transpedicular Approach	250
55	Spondylolysis Repair: Modified Scott Wire Technique	256
56	Decompression for Lumbar Fractures: Posterior	258
57	Anterior Threaded Cage Revision Surgery	263
58	Reduction of Spondylolisthesis with Pedicle Screw Fixation and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion	268
59	Coccygectomy	273
	Index	277