The Resident's Guide to Spine Surgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

   • Crystal Adams, Fadi Sweiss, Michelle Feinberg, Jonathan H. Sherman

   Pages 1-8

3. Cervical Corpectomy

   • Gregory Callanan, Ra’ Kerry Rahman, Kris Radcliff

   Pages 9-15

4. Cervical Disc Arthroplasty

   • Blake M. Bodendorfer, Ashley E. MacConnell, S. Babak Kalantar

   Pages 17-29

5. Posterior Cervical Positioning

   • Joseph Rabe

   Pages 31-35

6. Posterior Cervical Fusion Surgery: Occiput to C2

   • R. Tushar Jha, Faheem A. Sandhu

   Pages 37-48

7. Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion Surgery C3-C7

   • S. Tim Yoon, Chase Bennett

   Pages 49-57

8. Cervical Laminoplasty

   • Ronen Blecher, Emre Yilmaz, Jens R. Chapman

   Pages 59-71

9. Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Discectomy

   • Joel Z. Passer, Shahin Manoochehri, Bong-Soo Kim

   Pages 73-78

10. Thoracic Posterior Instrumentation Without Scoliosis

    • Dany Aouad, Oliver Tannous

    Pages 79-86

11. Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation for Scoliosis

    • Fred F. Mo, William D. Zelenty, Daniel M. Dean

    Pages 87-96

12. Anterior Thoracic Decompression and Fusion: Open and Minimally Invasive

    • Jason Kappa, Jeffrey H. Weinreb, Warren Yu, Joseph R. O’Brien

    Pages 97-102

13. Thoracic Corpectomy: Indications and Techniques

    • Steven Spitz, Anthony Conte

    Pages 103-114

14. Thoracic Discectomy

    • Jason E. McGowan, Islam Fayed, Marcelle Altschuler, Faheem A. Sandhu

    Pages 115-122

15. Lumbar Microdiscectomy

    • Ravi S. Nunna, Joshua T. Wewel, John E. O’Toole

    Pages 123-128

16. Approaching Far Lateral Disc Herniations: The MIS Perspective

    • Kyle Mueller, Amjad Anaizi

    Pages 129-134

17. Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Posterior Spinal Instrumentation and Fusion

    • Sean K. Jandhyala, Saad B. Chaudhary

    Pages 135-143

18. Lumbar Corpectomy

    • Danny Lee, Ryan Lee, Jeffrey H. Weinreb, Uchechi Iweala, Joseph R. O’Brien

    Pages 145-152

19. Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

    • David Vincent, J. Alex Thomas

    Pages 153-161

20. Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion L3–L4, L4–L5

    • Kurt E. Stoll, Daniel A. Marchwiany, Daniel L. Cavanaugh, Gurvinder S. Deol

    Pages 163-170

With an emphasis on set-up and execution and lessons learned from expert practitioners, this concise, practical guide for residents and fellows presents the essentials for both common and complex spine surgery. Proceeding anatomically from the cervical to the sacroiliac, and including chapters on spinal tumors, infection and revision surgery, nearly 40 different procedures are highlighted, from corpectomy, arthroplasty and laminectomy to percutaneous screws, decompression and fusion. Chapters include all the information a resident will need to know: indications and contraindications, imaging and diagnosis, OR set-up and instrumentation selection, the specific operative technique, post-operative protocols, and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Radiographs and full-color intraoperative photographs accompany each procedure.  

Whether suturing dura or performing a lateral interbody fusion, spinal surgery is a technical pursuit, and having a firm grasp of the details can ultimately determine the procedure's success. Written and edited by veterans in orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery, The Resident's Guide to Spine Surgery is just the detailed, user-friendly resource for up-and-coming clinicians looking to develop and expand their surgical expertise.  

• Cervical arthroplasty
• Cervical corpectomy
• Cervical laminoplasty
• Decompression
• Disc replacement
• Intradural tumor resection
• Lumbar corpectomy
• Lumbar microdiscectomy
• Metastatic tumor stabilization
• Open TLIF
• Percutaneous lumbar screws
• Revision lumbar decompression
• Sacroiliac joint fusion
• Scoliosis
• Spine surgery
• Thoracic corpectomy
• Transpedicular thoracic discectomy
• Anterior thoracic decompression

   

• Washington Spine & Scoliosis, Institute at OrthoBethesda, Bethesda, USA

  Joseph R. O'Brien

• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

  S. Bobby Kalantar

• Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, USA

  Doniel Drazin

• Department of Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

  Faheem A. Sandhu

Joseph O'Brien, MD, MPH

Medical Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery 

Washington Spine and Scoliosis Institute 

Bethesda, MD, USA

S. Babak Kalantar, MD

Associate Professor

Chief, Division of Spine Surgery

Department of Orthopedics

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC, USA

Doniel Drazin, MD, MA

Adjunct Clinical Faculty 

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Yakima, WA

Faheem A. Sandhu, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurosurgery 

Director of Spine Surgery

Department of Neurosurgery 

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC, USA

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