Cervical Spine Surgery: Standard and Advanced Techniques

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction: Cervical Approaches, Access Ranges and Indications

      • Andre Jackowski

      Pages 3-6

   3. Upper Cervical Spine: A Surgical Challenge—Past, Present, and Future

      • Eva-Maria Buchholz

      Pages 7-8

   4. Subaxial Cervical Spine: Past, Present and Future

      • Johannes Schröder

      Pages 9-11

   5. Concepts of Posterior Decompressive Surgery

      • Ken Ishii, Tateru Shiraishi

      Pages 13-15

   6. Positioning for Anterior and Posterior Procedures

      • F. Cuzzocrea, M. Ghiara

      Pages 17-19

3. Surgical Anatomy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Surgical Anatomy of the Upper Cervical Spine and the Craniocervical Junction

      • Gergely Bodon, Bernhard Hirt

      Pages 23-32

   3. Relevant Surgical Anatomy of the Anterior Cervical Spine, the High Retropharyngeal and the Subaxial Regions

      • Gergely Bodon, Andres Combalia

      Pages 33-41

   4. Relevant Surgical Anatomy of the Posterior Subaxial Spine and the Cervicothoracic Junction

      • Gergely Bodon, Andres Combalia

      Pages 43-49

4. Surgical Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Surgical Approach: High Anterior Cervical

      • Rafael González-Díaz, Rosa María Egea-Gámez

      Pages 53-58

   3. Surgical Approach: Anterolateral High Cervical Approach

      • Philippe Bancel

      Pages 59-64

   4. Standard Transoral Approach to the Craniocervical Junction and Upper Cervical Spine

      • Brian J. Dlouhy, Arnold H. Menezes

      Pages 65-69

   5. Combined Transoral and Transmandibular Approach: Labiomandibular Approach with or Without Glossotomy

      • Brian J. Dlouhy, Arnold H. Menezes

      Pages 71-74

   6. Endonasal Approach to the Craniocervical Junction

      • Jens Lehmberg, Bernhard Meyer

      Pages 75-79

   7. Posterior Midline Approach C0–C2: How to Expose Meticulously with Less Bleeding

      • Takachika Shimizu

      Pages 81-88

   8. Surgical Approach: Posterior Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach

      • Gergely Bodon, Dezsö Jeszenszky

      Pages 89-96

   9. Anterior Subaxial Approach

      • Jörg Klekamp

      Pages 97-101

This comprehensive, up-to-date textbook of modern cervical spine surgery describes the standard and advanced techniques recommended by the Cervical Spine Research Society – European Section (CSRS-E) with a view to enabling both young and experienced surgeons to further develop their skills and improve their surgical outcomes. Success in cervical spine surgery depends on the surgeon’s awareness of the main challenges posed by distinct cervical spine diseases, theoretical understanding of treatment concepts, and knowledge of technical options and the related potential for complications. It is the surgeon who has to merge theory and practice to achieve the desired outcome, in each case appraising the details of surgical anatomy and weighing the challenges and complications associated with a surgical technique against the skills that he or she possesses. This excellently illustrated book, written by key opinion makers from the CSRS-E with affiliated surgeons as co-authors, presents the full range of approaches and techniques and clearly identifies indications, precautions, and pitfalls. It will be a superb technical reference for all cervical spine surgeons, whether orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons.

• Surgical approaches
• Cervical approaches
• Neural spinal tumors
• Cervical osteotomies
• Subaxial Cervical Spine

• Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

  Heiko Koller

• Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

  Yohan Robinson

Heiko Koller is Head of the Spine and Scoliosis Center at Schön Clinics Vogtareuth in the South of Germany. Prof.Koller’s work is dedicated to the treatment and research of patients with spinal deformity at all levels both in very young or adolescent patients as well as adult deformity patients. He is board member of the Cervical Spine Research Society - Europe since 2012 and he is also engaged in the German Spine Society. He received several awards for his research and is lead or co-author in more than 100 article or book chapters. 

Yohan Robinson is Head of Medical Research at the Armed Forces Centre of Defence Medicine in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is Associate Professor at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. 

He was trained at Charité - University Hospital Berlin, Germany, where he undertook multi-trauma research at the Center for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery. In 2008 Dr. Robinson moved to Uppsala 

University Hospital, Sweden, as orthopaedic spine surgeon. He has educational responsibility in medical undergraduate and postgraduate programs, and is supervisor for PhD students and international spine surgery fellows. In 2018 he completed his MBA in International Healthcare Management with a thesis on cost-effectiveness of cervical disc replacement over anterior cervical fusion.

Dr. Robinson joined the Cervical Spine Research Society - Europe in 2010 where he currently serves as Chair of the Programme Committee. 

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