Spinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text Book

	Foreword 1
	Foreword 2
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Dedication
	List of Contributors
Sect. 1	Gross Anatomy	1
1	Surgical Anatomy of the Sacrum and Pelvis	2
2	Surgical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine	14
3	Surgical Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine	25
4	Surgical Anatomy of the Cervical Spine	33
5	Muscles and Ligaments	46
Sect. 2	Microanatomy	53
6	Development and Maturation of the Spine and Spinal Cord	54
7	Microscopic Anatomy of Bone	72
8	Macro- and Microscopic Anatomy of the Disk and End Plate	78
9	Nervous System	90
Sect. 3	Physiology	115
10	Physiology of Bone	116
11	Nerve and Muscle Physiology	121
12	Pulmonary and Chest Cage Physiology	126
13	Electrophysiology	135
14	Cerebral Spinal Fluid Physiology	149
Sect. 4	Biomechanics	153
15	Biomechanics	154
16	Biomechanics of the Intervertebral Disk	172
17	Spine Testing Modalities	176
Sect. 5	Pharmacology	187
18	Antibiotic Therapy in Spine Surgery	188
19	Osteoporosis: Evaluation and Pharmacologic Treatment	195
20	Pharmacologic Agents that Minimize Perioperative Blood Loss in Spine Surgery	200
21	Common Medications in Spinal Afflictions	206
Sect. 6	Pathology	211
22	Pathophysiology of Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease	212
23	Spinal Inflammatory Arthritides	216
24	Spinal Neuroarthropathy (Charcot's Spine)	218
25	Pyogenic Vertebral Infection	221
26	Coagulation Disorders in Spine Surgery	237
27	Blood Conservation Strategies in Spine Surgery	239
28	Management of Metastatic Disease to the Spine	249
Sect. 7	Clinical Evaluation	257
29	Evaluation of the Patient with Congenital Spine Deformity	258
30	Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with a Spine Deformity (Scoliosis, Kyphosis)	267
31	Clinical Evaluation for Neuromuscular Scoliosis and Kyphosis	272
32	Evaluation of Back Pain in the Spinal Deformity Patient	284
Sect. 8	Neurology	301
33	Spinal Cord Injury, Reflexes, and Syndromes	302
34	Anterior Horn Cell Disease: Poliomyelitis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Acute Transverse Myelitis	307
35	Congenital and Developmental Spinal Cord Abnormalities: Syringomyelia, Tethered Cord, Diastematomyella, Diplomyelia	311
36	The Spine in Friedrich's Ataxia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, and Familial Dysautonomia	313
37	Cerebral Palsy, Myelodysplasia, Hydrosyringomyelia, Rett Syndrome, and Muscular Dystrophies	316
Sect. 9	Anesthesia	327
38	Anesthetic Considerations for Spinal Surgery	328
Sect. 10	Radiology	349
39	Radiology	350
Sect. 11	Rehabilitation	383
40	Rehabilitation	384
Sect. 12	Treatment of the Adult Spine	391
41	Operative Management of Degenerative Lumber Stenosis	392
42	Degenerative Disk Disease and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis of the Lumbar Spine	397
43	Adult Spine Trauma	406
44	Inflammatory Arthritis of the Spine	424
45	Vertebral Osteomyelitis	443
46	Neoplasms of the Spinal Column	450
Sect. 13	Surgical Techniques	477
47	Tables and Positioning	478
48	Halo and Cranial Traction	487
49	Approaches to the Cervical Spine	497
50	Open Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Surgical Approaches	506
51	Cervical Decompression	517
52	Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis	528
53	Spine Fusion	540
54	Spine Osteotomy and Resection	551
55	Staging Plus Complications of Approaches	562
56	Thoracoplasty	568
57	Endoscopic and Mini-Open Approaches to the Spine	571
Sect. 14	Instrumentation and Complications	577
58	Basic Principles of Deformity Correction	578
59	A Biomechanical Approach to Posterior Spinal Instrumentation: Principles and Applications	588
60	Sacropelvic Fixation in Spinal Deformity	601
61	Neurological Injury Complicating Surgery	615
62	Postoperative Complications	626
63	Revision Surgery	634
Sect. 15	Pediatric Spine	655
64	Etiology of Scoliosis	656
65	Idiopathic Scoliosis: Prevalence and Natural History	669
66	Congenital Scoliosis and Kyphosis	684
67	Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of the Child's Spine	694
68	The Spine in Skeletal Syndromes and Dysplasias	701
69	Neuromuscular Scoliosis	718
70	Pediatric Spine Trauma	730
71	Spine Tumors in Childhood and Adolescence	743
Sect. 16	Deformities	751
72	Idiopathic Scoliosis: General Considerations, Natural History, and Treatment Guidelines	752
73	Bracing in Scoliosis	755
74	Spinal Deformities Associated with Metabolic Diseases	761
75	Perioperative Blood and Blood Product Management for Spinal Deformity Surgery	771
76	Scheuermann's Kyphosis	777
77	Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis	787
78	Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Complications of Spinal Deformity Surgery	801
	Glossary	809
	Index	819