Overview

More than 80 complex cases in a streamlined format With more than 80 complex spine surgery cases and its streamlined case example format, this is an ideal clinical reference for the professional practice. The authors outline the patient presentation, radiologic findings, diagnosis, and treatment, followed by a discussion, to help you quickly master the thinking behind planning complicated spinal procedures. Highlights: Organizes cases in an easy-to-follow manner perfect for the busy practitioner and resident Covers challenging cases arising from a broad spectrum of causes, including traumatic, inflammatory, neoplastic, infectious, and degenerative Includes more than 180 images and illustrations, such as MRI and CT scans, myelograms, angiograms, x-rays, and intraoperative photographs Discusses the technologies pertaining to bone morphogenetic protein and percutaneous spine surgery to help the clinician remain at the forefront of the spine field Covers surgical treatments of unusual disorders, including Klippel-Feil syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, dysplasia, arachnoiditis, ankylosing hyperostosis of Forestier and Rotes-Querol, thoracic arteriovenous fistula, and achondroplasia This text is a must for orthopedic surgeons, spine fellows, neurosurgeons, neurologists, pain management specialists, and residents seeking the most up-to-date information and the underlying principles in the most demanding cases in spine surgery.

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Author:   Muwaffak Abdulhak ,  Shaden Marzouk
Publisher:   Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.782kg
ISBN:  

9781588903938

ISBN 10:   1588903931
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   12 October 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART I TRAUMA 1 Odontoid Fracture Type I 2 Transodontoid Screw for Type II Odontoid Fracture 3 Nonunion of a Type II Odontoid Fracture 4 Atlantoaxial Instability 5 Bilateral Locked Facets 6 Cervical Kyphosis 7 Spinal Trauma 8 Ankylosing Spondylitis 9 Esophageal Injury 10 Traumatic Thoracic Fracture 11 Lumbar Fracture 12 Burst Fracture 13 Traumatic Lumbar Fracture 14 Multiple Burst Fractures 15 Sacral Fracture 16 Atlanto-occipital Dislocation PART II INFLAMMATORY 17 Cranial Settling 18 Rheumatoid Arthritis 19 Rheumatoid Patient with Ventral Cord Compression 20 Rheumatoid Arthritis with Instability PART III DEGENERATIVE Section A Cervical 21 Percutaneous Cervical Decompression 22 Cervical Cages 23 Mechanical Neck Pain 24 Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) 25 Hardware Failure 26 Postoperative Kyphosis 27 Multilevel Cervical Stenosis 28 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) 29 Cervical Myelopathy 30 Cervical Hardware Failure 31 Central Cord with Osteoporosis 32 Pseudomeningocele 33 Angioedema Section B Thoracic 34 Thoracic Disc 35 Syrinx 36 Transverse Myelitis Section C Lumbar 37 Discogenic Back Pain 38 Adjacent Segment Disease 39 Motion Preservation Technology 40 Percutaneous Lumbar Laminotomies and Foraminotomies 41 Large Disc Herniation Treated Percutaneously 42 Segmental Instability 43 Lumbar Instability and Radiculopathy 44 Foot Drop 45 Pars Defect 46 High-Grade Spondylolisthesis 47 Multilevel Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion 48 Bone Morphogenetic Protein 49 Degenerative Scoliosis 50 Nerve Root Impingement by Pedicle Screw 51 Lumbar Scoliosis 52 Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease with Segmental Instability 53 Lumbar Nonunion 54 Mechanical Back Pain with Previous Posterior Fusion 55 Osteoporosis PART IV NEOPLASM 56 Metastatic Lesion 57 Plasmacytoma with Postembolization Swelling 58 Thoracic Tumor 59 Thoracolumbar Instrumentation Failure 60 Thoracic Screw Misplacement 61 Recurrent Giant Cell Tumor 62 Lumbosacral Giant Cell Tumor with Segmental Instability 63 Large Upper Cervical Nerve Sheath Tumor 64 Benign Thoracic Tumor 65 Spinal Tumor 66 Lumbar Schwannoma 67 Metastatic Spinal Cord Lesion 68 Sacral Lesion 69 Recurrent Sacral Tumor PART V INFECTION 70 Spinal Epidural Abscess 71 Thoracic Osteomyelitis 72 Pott's Disease 73 Intramedullary Cervical Lesion PART VI CONGENITAL 74 Klippel-Feil Spine 75 Klippel-Feil Syndrome 76 Cervical Rib 77 Ankylosing Hyperostosis of Forestier and Rotes-Querol 78 Fibrous Dysplasia 79 Diastematomyelia 80 Spinal Teratoma 81 Congenital Abnormality of the Spine 82 Thoracic Arteriovenous Fistula 83 Arachnoid Cyst 84 Achondroplasia 85 Arachnoiditis 86 Spinal Deformity 87 Tethered Cord

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Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is a clear and concise compilation of difficult cases that the authors have managed..the authors are highly skilled surgeons who have done a commendable job in compiling an overview of a series of very difficult cases...a good addition to a departmental library.--Journal of NeurosurgeryTrue to their book title, Abdulhak and Marzouk present a fascinating collection of 87 challenging spinal surgery cases. ..The reading is easy and the information interesting. The images are excellent. They are high-quality and clearly printer, and therefore instructive to analyze. The student will find that this book augments the cases seen clinically and on rounds, as it would take years to collect the experience these cases represent. Students of radiology and neurosurgery will want access to this text. The referring physician and physical therapist will find this a good represetnation of the surgeons' action plan for referrals. The book will enhance any medical library. I would recommend this to medical and institutional libraries, as well as to large practices that perform spinal surgery.--Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical TherapyThis is a book to add the armamentarium of literature of general and spine surgeons in current practice.--Doody's Book Reviews Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is a clear and concise compilation of difficult cases that the authors have managed..the authors are highly skilled surgeons who have done a commendable job in compiling an overview of a series of very difficult cases...a good addition to a departmental library.--Journal of NeurosurgeryTrue to their book title, Abdulhak and Marzouk present a fascinating collection of 87 challenging spinal surgery cases. ..The reading is easy and the information interesting. The images are excellent. They are high-quality and clearly printer, and therefore instructive to analyze. The student will find that this book augments the cases seen clinically and on rounds, as it would take years to collect the experience these cases represent. Students of radiology and neurosurgery will want access to this text. The referring physician and physical therapist will find this a good represetnation of the surgeons' action plan for referrals. The book will enhance any medical library. I would recommend this to medical and institutional libraries, as well as to large practices that perform spinal surgery.--Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical TherapyThis is a book to add the armamentarium of literature of general and spine surgeons in current practice.--Doody's Book Reviews Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is a clear and concise compilation of difficult cases that the authors have managed..the authors are highly skilled surgeons who have done a commendable job in compiling an overview of a series of very difficult cases...a good addition to a departmental library. --Journal of Neurosurgery True to their book title, Abdulhak and Marzouk present a fascinating collection of 87 challenging spinal surgery cases. ..The reading is easy and the information interesting. The images are excellent. They are high-quality and clearly printer, and therefore instructive to analyze. The student will find that this book augments the cases seen clinically and on rounds, as it would take years to collect the experience these cases represent. Students of radiology and neurosurgery will want access to this text. The referring physician and physical therapist will find this a good represetnation of the surgeons' action plan for referrals. The book will enhance any me

Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is a clear and concise compilation of difficult cases that the authors have managed..the authors are highly skilled surgeons who have done a commendable job in compiling an overview of a series of very difficult cases...a good addition to a departmental library. --Journal of Neurosurgery <p> True to their book title, Abdulhak and Marzouk present a fascinating collection of 87 challenging spinal surgery cases. ..The reading is easy and the information interesting. The images are excellent. They are high-quality and clearly printer, and therefore instructive to analyze. The student will find that this book augments the cases seen clinically and on rounds, as it would take years to collect the experience these cases represent. Students of radiology and neurosurgery will want access to this text. The referring physician and physical therapist will find this a good represetnation of the surgeons' action plan for referrals. The book will enhance any m

Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is a clear and concise compilation of difficult cases that the authors have managed..the authors are highly skilled surgeons who have done a commendable job in compiling an overview of a series of very difficult cases...a good addition to a departmental library. --Journal of Neurosurgery <p> True to their book title, Abdulhak and Marzouk present a fascinating collection of 87 challenging spinal surgery cases. ..The reading is easy and the information interesting. The images are excellent. They are high-quality and clearly printer, and therefore instructive to analyze. The student will find that this book augments the cases seen clinically and on rounds, as it would take years to collect the experience these cases represent. Students of radiology and neurosurgery will want access to this text. The referring physician and physical therapist will find this a good represetnation of the surgeons' action plan for referrals. The book will enhance any me

Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is a clear and concise compilation of difficult cases that the authors have managed..the authors are highly skilled surgeons who have done a commendable job in compiling an overview of a series of very difficult cases...a good addition to a departmental library.--Journal of NeurosurgeryTrue to their book title, Abdulhak and Marzouk present a fascinating collection of 87 challenging spinal surgery cases. ..The reading is easy and the information interesting. The images are excellent. They are high-quality and clearly printer, and therefore instructive to analyze. The student will find that this book augments the cases seen clinically and on rounds, as it would take years to collect the experience these cases represent. Students of radiology and neurosurgery will want access to this text. The referring physician and physical therapist will find this a good represetnation of the surgeons' action plan for referrals. The book will enhance any medical library. I would recommend this to medical and institutional libraries, as well as to large practices that perform spinal surgery.--Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical TherapyThis is a book to add the armamentarium of literature of general and spine surgeons in current practice.--Doody's Book Reviews

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Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH 43017Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern Univ. Medical School, Chicago, IL

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