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Surgical Approaches to the Spine

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Authors:
  1. Robert G. Watkins

    1. Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
      St. Vincent’s Hospital, Los Angeles Spine Surgery Institute, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Anterior Cervical Approaches to the Spine

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 1-6

  3. Transoral Approach to C1-C2

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 7-11

  4. Transoral-Transpharyngeal Approach to the Cervical Spine

    • Uttam K. Sinha, Srinath Samudrala
    Pages 12-18

  5. Ventral Approaches to the Clivus, C1, and C2

    • Ranjeev Singh Bhangoo, H. Alan Crockard
    Pages 19-33

  6. Anterior Medial Approach to C1, C2, and C3

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 34-41

  7. Anterior Lateral Approach to the Upper Cervical Spine

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 42-47

  8. Anterior Medial Approach to the Midcervical Spine

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 48-53

  9. Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine (Verbiest)

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 54-59

  10. Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine (Hodgson)

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 60-64

  11. Supraclavicular Approach

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 65-71

  12. Lincoln Highway Approach to the Cervical Spine

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 72-78

  13. Cervicothoracic Junction

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 79-80

  14. Anterior Approach to the Cervicothoracic Spine

    • Salvador A. Brau
    Pages 81-86

  15. Transsternal Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction

    • Narayan Sundaresan, Alfred A. Steinberger, Frank Moore
    Pages 87-100

  16. Transaxillary Approach to the Upper Dorsal Spine

    • Roger C. Breslau
    Pages 101-106

  17. Third Rib Resection in the Transthoracic Approach

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 107-112

  18. Thoracotomy Approach

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 113-123

  19. The Thoracolumbar Junction

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 124-126

  20. Tenth Rib: Thoracoabdominal Approach

    • Robert G. Watkins
    Pages 127-132
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About this book

In the years sin~e publication of the Hrst edition of SurgicaL Approaches to the Spine, a revolution has taken place in spinal surgery, Spinal technology has exploded, thereby in­ creasing the need for multiple access sites to the spine. The book was originally written because the spinal surgeon sometimes lacked the ability to approach the spine with the ideal procedure. As a result, spinal problems were often handled with a posterior approach when the treatment theories and biomechanical considerations of the spine dictated an anterior approach. Then John O'Brien and other anterior surgeons began to emphasize the need to perfect the approach so that the ideal operation was provided for each imli­ vidual patient. Through our work over the last 20 years, with surgeons such as Salvador Brau, a spinal access surgeon, surgeons are now dedicated to providing a safe, pain-free approach to the spine. This will ultimately be to the patient's great advantage. Advances in intradiscal dcvices, prostheses, and fusion techniqucs have mandated a safe and effec­ tive anterior approach to the spine. An operation to relieve spinal pain cannot exist if the approach produces more pain than the original problem. This second edition contains chapters on very complicated operations, such as the ap­ proaches to the sacrum and pelvis, the total vertebrectomy, trans clavicular cervicothoraeic approach, and anterior approach to the clivus of CI-C2. It is these major operations that put the patient' s lif~~ in jeopardy and require expertise in the approach.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This second edition covers new areas like minimally invasive endoscopic approaches … but deals with quite complicated ones as well. … Thanks to the use of colour drawings and photographs, the iconography magnificently illustrates the clearcut text presented in a step-by-step methodical description. … This attractive book will be of a tremendous interest for any adult as well as pediatric orthopaedist or neurosurgeon performing spinal surgery. We can congratulate the authors for this well conceived book and the editor for the quality … ." (C.R. Muller, Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, Vol. 70 (3), 2004)

"Progress in spine surgery combined with the desire to make this work more complete prompted R.G. Watkins to direct this second edition. Several new chapters enrich this work, which now contains 43 chapters, constituting a solid base of work. … The text is enhanced by an abundant of associated iconography with many photographs and drawings … . The text is very didactic, with point-by-point descriptions … . This update is essential for all those who practise spine surgery regularly and constitutes an indisputable reference." (Laurent Balabaud, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 15 (2), 2005)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

    Robert G. Watkins

  • St. Vincent’s Hospital, Los Angeles Spine Surgery Institute, Los Angeles, USA

    Robert G. Watkins

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surgical Approaches to the Spine

  • Authors: Robert G. Watkins

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0009-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6508-5Published: 23 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0009-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 394

  • Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Neurosurgery

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