Surgical Approaches to the Spine,9780387949772

Surgical Approaches to the Spine

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780387949772
ISBN10: 0387949771
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-12-01
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary

The second edition of the highly successful Surgical Approaches to the Spine will continue the tradition of presenting clearly enumerated and illustrated, step-by-step surgical procedures for the spine. New to this edition are chapters on the anterior approach to clivus C1 & C2, transclavicular cervico-thoracic approach, transsternal approach to the cervico-thoracic & upper thoracic spine, approaches to the sacrum & pelvis, and laparoscopic approaches.

Author Biography

Robert G. Watkins, MD: Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, University of Southern California; Co-Director of the Los Angeles Spine Surgery Institute at St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, California

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition v
Preface to the First Edition vii
Contributors xiii
Anterior Cervical Approaches to the Spine
1(6)
Transoral Approach to C1--2
7(5)
Transoral-Transpharyngeal Approach to the Cervical Spine
12(7)
Uttam K. Sinha
Srinath Samudrala
Ventral Approaches to the Clivus, C1, and C2
19(15)
Ranjeev Singh Bhangoo
H. Alan Crockard
Anterior Medial Approach to C1, C2, and C3
34(8)
Anterior Lateral Approach to the Upper Cervical Spine
42(6)
Anterior Medial Approach to the Midcervical Spine
48(6)
Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine (Verbiest)
54(6)
Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine (Hodgson)
60(5)
Supraclavicular Approach
65(7)
Lincoln Highway Approach to the Cervical Spine
72(7)
Cervicothoracic Junction
79(2)
Anterior Approach to the Cervicothoracic Spine
81(6)
Salvador A. Brau
Transsternal Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction
87(14)
Narayan Sundaresan
Alfred A. Steinberger
Frank Moore
Transaxillary Approach to the Upper Dorsal Spine
101(6)
Roger C. Breslau†
Third Rib Resection in the Transthoracic Approach
107(6)
Thoracotomy Approach
113(11)
The Thoracolumbar Junction
124(3)
Tenth Rib: Thoracoabdominal Approach
127(6)
Eleventh Rib Approach
133(7)
Trans-Eleventh Rib Extrapleural Approach
140(9)
Yutaka Hiraizumi
Twelfth Rib Approach
149(5)
Anterior Retroperitoneal Flank Approach to L2--L5 of the Lumbar Spine
154(11)
Anterior Retroperitoneal Muscle-Sparing Approach to L2--S1 of the Lumbar Spine
165(17)
Salvador A. Brau
Anterior Retroperitoneal Flank Approach to L5--S1
182(6)
Anterior Extraperitoneal Midline Incision of L2--S1
188(7)
Transperitoneal Midline Approach to L4--S1
195(7)
Superior Hypogastric Sympathetic Plexus
202(3)
En Bloc Sacrectomy
205(12)
Katsuro Tomita
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Norio Kawahara
Masahiko Hata
Hideki Murakami
Approach to the Posterior Aspect of C1--C2
217(7)
Posterior Approach to the C1--C2 Joints
224(13)
Bernard Jeanneret
Cervical Foraminotomy: Indications and Technique
237(8)
Peter Dyck
Microcervical Foraminotomy: An Alternative Posterior Technique for Intractable Radicular Pain
245(10)
Robert Warren Williams
Costotransversectomy
255(6)
Posterior and Posterolateral Approaches to the Thoracic Disc
261(16)
Paul H. Young
Posterior Approach to the Lower Lumbar Spine
277(12)
Lumbar Laminotomy, Foraminotomy, Root Decompression, and Discectomy in the Lateral Position
289(8)
Michael L.J. Apuzzo
Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy
297(12)
Total En Bloc Spondylectomy: A New Surgical Technique for Malignant Vertebral Tumors
309(17)
Norio Kawahara
Katsuro Tomita
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Bilateral Paraspinous Lumbosacral Approach
326(7)
Robert G. Watkins III
Robert G. Watkins IV
Lateral Approach to the Disc
333(4)
Robert G. Watkins III
Robert G. Watkins IV
Laparoscopic Approach to the L3--L4 and L4--L5 Invertebral Discs
337(8)
Namir Katkhouda
Sanjay Ghosh
Srinath Samudrala
Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Approach to L5--S1
345(7)
Salvador A. Brau
Balloon-Assisted Endoscopic Retroperitoneal Gasless (BERG) Approach to the Lumbar Spine
352(8)
John S. Thalgott
John A. Ameriks
Frank T. Jordan
James M. Giuffre
Video Endoscopic Approach to the Thoracic Spine
360(7)
Salvador A. Brau
Microendoscopic Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniations: Paramedian and Far Lateral Approaches
367(18)
Kevin T. Foley
Maurice M. Smith
Y. Raja Rampersaud
Index 385

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