Spinal Cord and Spinal Column Tumors: Principles and Practice Book

Ch. 1	Anatomy of the spine and spinal cord	1
Ch. 2	Oncologic classification of vertebral neoplasms	24
Ch. 3	Pathology of tumors of the spinal cord, spine, and paraspinous soft tissue	41
Ch. 4	Cellular and molecular biology of central nervous system spinal and peripheral nerve neoplasms	111
Ch. 5	Radiologic imaging of tumors of the spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves	134
Ch. 6	Neurologic manifestations of tumors of the spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves	160
Ch. 7	Systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy for tumors of the spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves	171
Ch. 8	Spinal cord and column tumors in childhood	187
Ch. 9	Embolization techniques for neoplasms of the spine and spinal cord	204
Ch. 10	External beam radiation therapy of tumors of the spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves	214
Ch. 11	Brachytherapy for malignant spinal tumors	226
Ch. 12	Spinal stereotactic radiosurgery	230
Ch. 13	The cyberknife	243
Ch. 14	Spine reconstruction for spine tumors : biomechanical considerations	254
Ch. 15	Electrophysiologic testing for diagnosis and surgical monitoring during resection of tumors of the spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves	262
Ch. 16	Percutaneous diagnostic biopsy techniques for tumors of the spine and peripheral nerves	279
Ch. 17	Thoracoscopic biopsy of spinal and paraspinal lesions	286
Ch. 18	Frameless stereotaxy for intraoperative navigation during spinal tumor resection	292
Ch. 19	Metastatic tumors of the spine and spinal cord	303
Ch. 20	Intramedullary spinal cord tumors	315
Ch. 21	Intradural extramedullary spinal tumors	335
Ch. 22	Cauda equina, paraspinal, and peripheral nerve tumors	349
Ch. 23	Primary vertebral column tumors	369
Ch. 24	Staging, classification, and oncological approaches for metastatic tumors involving the spine	387
Ch. 25	Sacral tumors : primary and metastatic	404
Ch. 26	Surgical approaches for decompression and fixation of the craniovertebral junction	420
Ch. 27	Surgical approaches for tumor resection and reconstruction of the cervical spine	437
Ch. 28	Surgical approaches and fixation of the cervicothoracic junction	453
Ch. 29	Combined vertebrectomy and chest wall resection for pancoast tumors	468
Ch. 30	Thoracotomy and thoracoabdominal transdiaphragmatic approaches to the thoracic and lumbar spine	477
Ch. 31	Thoracoscopic corpectomy and spinal reconstruction	485
Ch. 32	Thoracoscopic resection of intrathoracic paraspinal neurogenic tumors	495
Ch. 33	Posterolateral approaches to the thoracic and lumbar spine	514
Ch. 34	Complete spondylectomy for the excision of spinal neoplasms	523
Ch. 35	Anterior transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches to the lumbar spine and lumbosacral junction	536
Ch. 36	Corpectomy and anterior lateral thoracic and lumbar screw plate fixation in the management of spinal tumors	549
Ch. 37	Anterior thoracolumbar screw-rod instrumentation	559
Ch. 38	Lateral retroperitoneal approaches to the lumbar spine	571
Ch. 39	Posterior thoracic and lumbar hook-rod instrumentation	579
Ch. 40	Pedicle screw fixation of the thoracic and lumbar spine	587
Ch. 41	Lumbosacral and pelvic reconstruction	599
Ch. 42	Vertebral body reconstruction techniques	607
Ch. 43	Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty	621
Ch. 44	Surgical approaches for the resection of sacral tumors	632