Overview
A concise, practical guide for residents and fellows providing the essentials for both common and complex spine surgery
Proceeds anatomically from cervical to sacroiliac, highlighting nearly 40 different procedures, including chapters on spinal tumors, infection and revision surgery
Follows a consistent chapter format: introduction and case example, imaging and diagnosis, OR set-up and instrumentation selection, operative technique, post-operative protocols, and pearls and pitfalls
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Table of contents(37 chapters)
Keywords
- 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
About this book
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.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Washington Spine & Scoliosis, Institute at OrthoBethesda, Bethesda, USA
Joseph R. O'Brien
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
S. Bobby Kalantar
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Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, USA
Doniel Drazin
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Department of Neurosurgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
Faheem A. Sandhu
About the editors
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
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Resident's Guide to Spine Surgery
Editors: Joseph R. O'Brien, S. Bobby Kalantar, Doniel Drazin, Faheem A. Sandhu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20847-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20846-2Published: 06 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20849-3Published: 21 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-20847-9Published: 23 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 360
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Orthopedics, Neurosurgery
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