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This multimedia resource offers you all the how-to guidance you need to perform - all of the latest and best techniques in spine surgery. The complete, lavishly illustrated volume is made even better with a state-of-the-art companion web site! With chapters on such hot topics as immobilization techniques, anterior and posterior approaches, and thoracic spine surgery, you, as well as the members of your cross-disciplinary team, will appreciate the clear and concise, but detailed and visual approach of this atlas and video collection. The result is a detailed, easy-to-use reference that no orthopaedic surgeon should be without.

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Author:   Alexander R. Vaccaro ,  Eli M. Baron
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Saunders
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.665kg
ISBN:  

9781416032793

ISBN 10:   1416032797
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   01 October 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Cervical Spine A. Immobilization techniques 1. Closed cervical skeletal tong placement and reduction techniques, Michael J. Vives 2. Halo placement in the pediatric and adult patient, Howard S. An B. Anterior approaches 3. Transoral odontoid resection, Eli M. Baron, David Choi, James S. Harrop, Alexander R. Vaccaro, and H. Alan Crockard 4. Odontoid screw placement, Michael A. Finn, Daniel R. Fassett, and Ronald I. Apfelbaum 5. Anterior C1,C2 fusion arthrodesis, Eli M. Baron and Alexander R. Vaccaro 6. Anterior cervical corpectomy/diskectomy, David T. Anderson and Alan S. Hilibrand 7. Anterior resection of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), Kern Singh, Alpesh A. Patel, and Alexander R. Vaccaro 8. Anterior cervical disk arthroplasty, Rick C. Sasso and Paul A. Anderson C. Posterior approaches 9. Occipital cervical reconstruction fusion, Howard B. Levene and Jack I. Jallo 10. C1-C2 fusion techniques, Joseph M. Zavatsky and Joon Y. Lee 11. Cervical spine: Lateral mass screw fixation, Kern Singh and Alexander R. Vaccaro 12. Cervical pedicle screw fixation, Moe R. Lim, Joon Y. Lee, and Kuniyoshi Abumi 13. Posterior cervical osteotomy techniques, Neel Anand and Brian Perri 14. Cervial laminoplasty, Chrisopher Brown, Jason Lowenstein, and S. Tim Yoon II. Thoracic Spine 15. Anterior thoracic diskectomy and corpectomy, Max C. Lee 16. Anterior thoracolumbar spinal fusion with single or dual rod instrumentation via open approach for idiopathic scoliosis, Peter G. Gabos 17. Operative management of Scheureman's kyphosis, Alok D. Sharan and Thomas Errico 18. Removal of intradural, intramedullary, or extramedullary spinal tumors, James S. Harrop, Ashwini Sharan, John Birkness, and John Ratliff 19. Endoscopic thoracoscopy diskectomy, Stepan Kasimian and J. Patrick Johnson 20. VEPTR opening wedge thoracostomy for congenital spinal deformities, Robert M. Campbell, Jr. 21. Posterior thoracolumbar fusion techniques for scoliosis - Lenke classification, Timothy R. Kuklo 22. Thoracoplasty for rib deformity, Suken A. Shah and Mohan Belthus 23. Complete vertebral resection for primary spinal tumors, Rick C. Sasso and Gregory D. Dikos Operative Techniques: Spine Surgery III. Lumbar Spine 24. Sacropelvic fixation, Tapan Dafari and Alexander R. Vaccaro 25. Posterior far lateral disk herniation, Chadi Tannoury, D. Greg Anderson, Alexander R. Vaccaro, and Todd J. Albert 26. The lateral extracavitary approach for vertebrectomy, Kene Ugokwe and Edward C. Benzel 27. Osteotomy techniques (Smith-Petersen and pedicle subtraction) for fixed sagittal imbalance, Keith H. Bridwell 28. Spondylolysis repair, Brian Walsh, Ernest Found, and Vincent C. Traynelis 29. Reduction of high grade spondylolisthesis, Rachana Tyagi and David Clements 30. Interspinous process motion sparing implant, Ralph J. Mobbs and Charles Fisher 31. Anterior lumbar interbody fusion, Michael D. Daubs 32. Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), Jacob M. Buchowsku and Michael D. Daubs 33. Lumbar spine arthroplasty: Charite total disk replacement, Kern Singh, Demian M. Yakel, Bart Wojewnik, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Donna D. Ohnmeiss, and Scott L. Blumenthal 34. Kyphoplasty, Daniel Shedid and Isador H. Lieberman 35. Balloon assisted endplate reduction (BAER) techniques, F.C. Oner 36. Minimally invasive exposure techniques of the lumbar spine, D. Gregg Anderson 37. Hemivertebrae resection, Matias G. Petracchi and Oheneba Boachie-Adjei

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Dr. Vaccaro has served as the president of Rothman Orthopaedics since 2014 and is the Richard H. Rothman Professor and Chairman in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the recipient of the Leon Wiltse award given for excellence in leadership and clinical research for spine care by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and is the past President of Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), the American Spinal Injury Association and the Association for Collaborative Spine Research. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors. He has over 900 peer-reviewed and 200 non-peer reviewed publications. He has published over 372 book chapters and is the editor of over 63 textbooks and co-editor of OKU-Spine I and editor of OKU-8. Dr. Vaccaro also serves as Co-Director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley. Dr. Eli M. Baron is a Clinical Neurosurgery Associate Professor and a board certified neurosurgeon at the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center. Dr. Baron graduated the State University of New York at Binghamton with Summa Cum Laude in biological sciences. Afterwards he earned his medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine where he also completed a preliminary surgery year and a neurological surgery residency. He performed additional trainings in orthopaedic spine surgery at the famous Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a combined neurosurgical/orthopaedic spine fellowship at the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center. Dr. Baron is a prolific researcher and has published extensively in the fields of spine surgery and neurological surgery. He is the author and co-author of over 60 articles and book chapters on a wide range of subjects, all related to spinal disorders and spine surgery.

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