Manual of Spine Surgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. General Aspects of Spinal Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. General aspects of spinal surgery

   1. Definition and Trends of Modern Spinal Surgery

      • Uwe Vieweg

      Pages 3-7

   2. Principles of Surgical Stabilisation of the Spine

      • Tobias Pitzen

      Pages 9-15

   3. Implant Materials in Spinal Surgery

      • Werner Schmoelz

      Pages 17-21

   4. Mechanical and Biomechanical Testing of Spinal Implants

      • Werner Schmoelz, Annette Kienle

      Pages 23-26

   5. Spinal Retractors

      • Luca Papavero

      Pages 27-33

   6. Fluoroscopy and Spinal Navigation

      • Stefan Kroppenstedt

      Pages 35-42

   7. Surgical Microscopy in Spinal Surgery

      • Frank Grochulla

      Pages 43-47

   8. Endoscopy in Spinal Surgery

      • Uwe Vieweg

      Pages 49-57

   9. Equipment for Full-Endoscopic Spinal Surgery

      • Sebastian Ruetten

      Pages 59-62

   10. Electrosurgery

       • Uwe Vieweg

       Pages 63-67

   11. Surgical Motor Systems in Spinal Surgery

       • Frank Grochulla, Uwe Vieweg

       Pages 69-74

   12. Bone Grafts and Bone-Graft Substitutes

       • Robert Morrison

       Pages 75-80

   13. On- and Offline Documentation of Spine Procedures: Spine Tango

       • Christoph Röder, Thomas Zweig

       Pages 81-87

4. Anterior Upper Cervical Spine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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5. Anterior upper cervical spine

   1. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants for the Anterior Upper Cervical Spine

      • Meic H. Schmidt

      Pages 91-93

   2. Odontoid Screw Fixation

      • Meic H. Schmidt

      Pages 95-103

   3. Anterior Transarticular Screw Fixation C1/C2

      • Uwe Vieweg, Meic H. Schmidt

      Pages 105-109

   4. Transoral Resection of the Odontoid Process

      • Meic H. Schmidt, Uwe Vieweg

      Pages 111-113

This manual of spine surgery has become necessary as a consequence of the rapid expansion of instrumented spine surgery using different minimally invasive and non-fusion techniques. To do justice to this development, the manual aims to present the different techniques to spinal surgeons (orthopaedic and neurosurgeons) in a clear and instructive way using detailed illustrations. The description of different open, less invasive or minimally invasive techniques will provide the spinal surgeon with useful guidelines for their use. The success of any spinal operation depends on good definition of the indications, consideration of the contraindications, technical and organisational factors, good operating technique and correct preoperative preparation and positioning of the patient. These points are presented in this book as clearly as possible and are illustrated with detailed high quality artwork.

• Anterior
• Cervical
• Decompression
• Fusion
• Implant
• Instrumentation
• Lumbar

“This is an excellent step- by- step approach to spine surgery by the Rummelsberg team. … I recommend this book for neurosurgeons & surgical trainees at the junior levels.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2015)

• Klinik für Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, SANA Krankenhaus Rummelsberg, Schwarzenbruck, Germany

  Uwe Vieweg

• Klinik für Orthopädie, Unfall- und, Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, EuromedClinic, Fürth, Germany

  Frank Grochulla

UWE VIEWEG is Head of the Department of Spine Surgery, Leopoldina Hospital, Schweinfurt, Germany. He is specialized in minimally invasive spine surgery, non-fusion technology, corrections of degenerative scoliosis and high-grade spondylolisthesis as well as quality control of different spine procedures. FRANK GROCHULLA is Head of the Department of Spine Surgery, EuromedClinic, Fürth, Germany.

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